1 Kings 18:12
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the Lord from my youth.
Cross-reference
1 Kings 18:3 introduces Obadiah as a devout believer – confirming his claim of worshiping since youth here.
2 Kings 2:11 is the actual event of Elijah being taken by a whirlwind—fulfilling the very scenario Obadiah feared in 18:12.
2 Kings 2:16 echoes Obadiah's same fear—that the Spirit might have taken Elijah and left him somewhere—after his ascension.
In Ezekiel 3:12-14, the Spirit lifts and carries Ezekiel away, directly echoing Elijah's experience of being transported by the Spirit.
Ezekiel 8:3 describes the Spirit lifting Ezekiel between earth and heaven, paralleling Elijah's Spirit-borne movement to an unknown place.
Ezekiel 11:24 shows the Spirit lifting Ezekiel and bringing him back, reinforcing the motif of prophetic transport by the Spirit.
Ezekiel 37:1 has the Spirit carrying Ezekiel to a valley of bones, a similar divine transport that mirrors Elijah's being carried away.
Acts 8:39 describes the Spirit catching away Philip, a direct parallel to Elijah being carried away by the Spirit after his encounter.
In Ezekiel 11:1, the Spirit lifts and carries the prophet to the temple gate — the same divine transport action as in 1 Kings 18:12.
Ezekiel 43:5 repeats the pattern: the Spirit takes the prophet up and brings him into the inner court, mirroring Elijah's experience.
In Revelation 17:3, John is carried away in the Spirit to see a vision — a direct parallel to the Spirit carrying Elijah to an unknown place.
In Luke 4:1, the Spirit leads Jesus into the wilderness — a parallel to the Spirit's agency in moving a person, though leading rather than carrying.
Matthew 4:1 has the Spirit leading Jesus into the wilderness, a parallel motif of Spirit-directed movement, though for temptation rather than concealment.