12 Elijah was wrapped in a whirlwind. Elisha was filled with his spirit. In his days he was not moved by the fear of any ruler, and no one brought him into subjection. (WEB)
Sirach 48:12
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2 Kings 2:1–2
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2 Kings 2:14–16
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2 Kings 2:10–12
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Sirach 48:1–2
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1 Kings 18:45–46
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2 Kings 1:9–11
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1 Maccabees 2:57–59
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Gospel of Nicodemus 15:1–2
1a And Nicodemus rose up and stood before the council, saying: Ye say well. Know ye not, O people of the Lord, the men that came down out of Galilee, that they fear God and are men of substance, hating covetousness (a lie, Lat.), men of peace? And they have told… (GNI)
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