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 sick to death; and Isaiah son of Amos the prophet will come in to him, and he will say to him, Thus said Jehovah, Command to thy house, for thou art dying, and thou shalt not live.

And it shall be after these words, and it will be said to Joseph, Behold, thy father was sick: and he will take his two sons with him, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Then sent the sisters to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

Since he was longing for you all, and harassed because ye heard that he was sick.

He died

To the overseer upon the octave, chanting of David. Save, O Jehovah, for the merciful one ceased; for faithfulnesses failed from the sons of men.

The just one perished and none put upon the heart: men of kindness being taken away, for none understanding that the just one was taken away from the face of evil

Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, shall they live forever?

For David, truly having served his own generation by the will of God, was set to sleep, and was added to his fathers, and saw corruption:

O my father

And Elisha saw, and he crying, My father, my father!, the chariot of Israel and his horsemen! and he saw him no more: and he will lay hold upon his garments and rend them into two rents.

And the king of Israel will say to Elisha when he saw them, Shall I strike? shall I strike, my father?

By the blessing of the upright the city shall be exalted: and by the mouth of the unjust it shall be overthrown.

And were these three men in its midst, Noah, Daniel, and Job, they by their justice shall deliver their souls, says the Lord Jehovah.

And I sought from them a man to wall in the wall, and to stand in the breach before my face for the land, not to destroy it: and I found not

For Herod feared John, knowing him a just and holy man, and he observed him: and having heard him, did many things, and heard him cheerfully.