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

Hezekiah became ill and was about to die. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz said to him: This is what Jehovah says: 'Give final instructions to your household. You will not recover. You will die.'

Later Joseph was told that his father was ill. So he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, and went to see Jacob.

The sisters therefore sent for the Lord, They said: The one for whom you have great affection is sick.

He longed to see you and was worried because you had heard that he was sick.

He died

([Psalm of David]) Save me O Jehovah for no godly person is left. Faithful people have vanished from among the sons of men.

The righteous perishes and no man takes it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous is taken away from evil.

Your fathers, where are they?' The prophets, do they live forever?

After David served his own generation by doing the will of God he died and was buried with his fathers. His body decayed.

O my father

Elisha saw it and cried out to Elijah: My father, my father! Mighty defender of Israel! You are gone! He never saw Elijah again. In grief Elisha tore his cloak in two.

When the king of Israel saw the Syrians, he asked Elisha: Shall I kill them?

The city is exalted by the blessing of the upright. The mouth of the wicked ruins the city.

Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in that country, they would, by their righteousness, rescue only themselves,' declares the Lord Jehovah.

I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.

But Herod feared John. He knew he was a righteous and holy man so he kept him safe. That is why he listened to John but was perplexed.