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

During this time, Hezekiah became sick with a fatal illness, so Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, approached him and told him, "This is what the LORD says: "Put your household in order, because you are dying. You will not survive.'"

Some time later, somebody informed Joseph, "Your father is ill!" So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him to visit Jacob.

So the sisters sent word to Jesus and told him, "Lord, the one whom you love is ill."

For he has been longing for all of you and is troubled because you heard that he was sick.

He died

Help, LORD, for godly people no longer exist; trustworthy people have disappeared from humanity.

"Also the righteous are perishing, but no one takes it to heart; devout people are taken away, while no one understands that the righteous person is taken away from calamity.

"Your ancestors where are they? And the prophets do they live forever?

Now David, after he had served God's purpose in his own generation, died and was buried with his ancestors, and so he experienced decay.

O my father

As Elisha continued to watch, he cried out, "My father! My father! The chariots of Israel and its cavalry!" Then he did not see Elijah anymore.

When the king of Israel saw Elisha, he asked him, "Shall I execute them, my father?"

Through the blessing of the righteous a city is built up, but what the wicked say tears it down.

Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job lived in that land, they would only save their own lives on account of their righteousness," declares the Lord GOD.

I sought for a man among them to build the wall and stand in the breach in my presence on behalf of the land so that it won't be destroyed, but I found no one,

because Herod was afraid of John. He knew that John was a righteous and holy man, and so he protected him. Whenever he listened to John, he did much of what he said. In fact, he liked listening to him.