2 Kings 13:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 mortally ill. 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 and not live.’”

Now it came about after these things that Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is sick.” So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.

So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.”

because he was longing for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.

He died

For the choir director; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.
Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases to be,
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

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

“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 among his fathers and underwent decay;

O my father

Elisha saw it and cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw Elijah no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.

Then the king of Israel when he saw them, said to Elisha, “My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?”

By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
But by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

even though these three men, Noah, Daniel and Job were in its midst, by their own righteousness they could only deliver themselves,” declares the Lord God.

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

for Herod was afraid of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed; but he used to enjoy listening to him.