Exclamatory phrase associated with the Elisha
Cycle of Stories :
popular during the Aramaean wars (Syria - Israel)
of the mid-9th centuries B.C.E.
The fiery chariots with fiery horses seen by Elisha
as his master / "father" ascends to heaven
The vehicles beheld_ by Elisha are a fiery apparition :
fire is a regular feature of divine manifestation [ burning
bush in Exodus 3:2 / 13:21 / 19:18 ]
II Kings 2:12
Anchor Bible commentary
by Mordechai Cogan, #11
Yale Univ. Press
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