The Ascension of Elijah

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1901 Fresco with Elijah ascending to heaven in a chariot drawn by horses, with Elisha below. Framed within a Gothic canopy, with a text below. technique: painting artist: C. E. G. Gray Church of St Nicholas and St John, Monkton, Pembrokeshire north wall of the chancel Inscription: 'My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof'  (ObjectID=879 ImageID=1648) Original File Name=_MG_4082.jpg

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• the ascension of Elijah: a chariot, horses of fire and a whirlwind appear and Elijah is carried up into heaven; Elijah's cloak falls (or he hands it over to Elisha)  [2 Kings 2:1-18]

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales