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 became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.'"

After this, Joseph was told, "Behold, your father is ill." So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill."

for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill.

He died

Save, O LORD, for the godly one is gone; for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man.

The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;

Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?

For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption,

O my father

And Elisha saw it and he cried, "My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" And he saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.

As soon as the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, "My father, shall I strike them down? Shall I strike them down?"

By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is overthrown.

even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord GOD.

And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly.