¹¹ And as they were walking along and talking, behold, ^(A)a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, and they separated the two of them. Then Elijah went up by a ^[a]whirlwind to heaven.

The Four Chariots

6 Now I raised my eyes again and looked, and behold, ^(A)four chariots were going out from between the two mountains; and the mountains were bronze mountains. ² With the first chariot were ^(B)red horses, with the second chariot ^(C)black horses, ³ with the third chariot ^(D)white horses, and with the fourth chariot strong ^(E)spotted horses. ⁴ So I responded and said to the angel who was speaking with me, “^(F)What are these, my lord?” ⁵ The angel replied to me, “These are the ^(G)four spirits of heaven, going out after taking their stand before the Lord of all the earth, ⁶ with one of which the black horses are going out to the ^(H)north country; and the white ones are to go out after them, while the spotted ones are to go out to the ^(I)south country.” ⁷ When the strong ones went out, they ^[a]were eager to go to ^[b](J)patrol the earth. And He said, “Go, ^[c]patrol the earth.” So they ^[d]patrolled the earth.