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 was Hezekiah sick to death. Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live.'"

It happened after these things, that someone said to Joseph, "Behold, your father is sick." He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick."

since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.

He died

Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.

The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].

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

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

O my father

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

The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, "My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?"

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

though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, says the Lord Yahweh.

I sought for a man among them, who should build up the wall, and stand in the gap 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 kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.