2 Kings 13:14

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Summary

Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.

Fallen sick

He died

O my father

Bible References

Fallen sick

In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order, for your death is near.

Now after these things, word came to Joseph that his father was ill: and he took with him his sons Manasseh and Ephraim.

So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.

Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:

He died

Send help, Lord, for mercy has come to an end; there is no more faith among the children of men.

The upright man goes to his death, and no one gives a thought to it; and god-fearing men are taken away, and no one is troubled by it; for the upright man is taken away because of evil-doing, and goes into peace.

Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they go on living for ever?

Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction:

O my father

And when Elisha saw it he gave a cry, My father, my father, the carriages of Israel and its horsemen! And he saw him no longer; and he was full of grief.

And the king of Israel, when he saw them, said to Elisha, My father, am I to put them to the sword?

By the blessing of the upright man the town is made great, but it is overturned by the mouth of the evil-doer.

Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, only themselves would they keep safe by their righteousness, says the Lord.

And I was looking for a man among them who would make up the wall and take his station in the broken place before me for the land, so that I might not send destruction on it: but there was no one.

For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.