The Jordan River was where the Prophet Elijah was taken into Heaven, and his successor Elisha took up his mantle. It’s where John the Baptist lived and preached, and Jesus was baptized and began ...

Elijah is said to have struck the Jordan River water with his cloak ... At 11:10, we board the bus and become part of a convoy of IDF soldiers and jeeps leading us, with several soldiers inside ...

Now, arise, cross this Jordan (River ... were no longer in the river, the waters continued flowing naturally towards the Dead Sea. Centuries later, at this location, Elijah the Prophet ascended ...

For 2,000 years, since Jesus descended into the waters of the Jordan River to be baptized by John ... also known as Jabal Mar-Elias (Elijah’s Hill), from where the prophet ascended into heaven ...