列王纪下 2:12

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

以利沙看見，就喊叫：“我父！我父！以色列的戰車馬兵啊！”跟著就不再看見他了。以利沙抓住自己的衣服，把它撕成兩片。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
以 利 沙 看 见 ， 就 呼 叫 说 ： 我 父 啊 ！ 我 父 啊 ！ 以 色 列 的 战 车 马 兵 啊 ！ 以 後 不 再 见 他 了 。 於 是 以 利 沙 把 自 己 的 衣 服 撕 为 两 片 。

Contextual Overview

⁹ After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, "What can I do for you before I am taken from you?" Elisha said, "Leave me a double share of your spirit." ¹⁰ Elijah said, "You have asked a hard thing. But if you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours. If you don't, it won't happen." ¹¹ As they were walking and talking, a chariot and horses of fire appeared and separated Elijah from Elisha. Then Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. ¹² Elisha saw it and shouted, "My father! My father! The chariots of Israel and their horsemen!" And Elisha did not see him anymore. Then Elisha grabbed his own clothes and tore them to show how sad he was.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

saw it: 2 Kings 2:10

My father: 2 Kings 13:14, Job 22:30, Proverbs 11:11, Ecclesiastes 7:19, Ecclesiastes 9:16-18, Isaiah 37:4, Isaiah 37:15, Isaiah 37:21, Acts 27:24

he saw him: Proverbs 30:4, Mark 16:19, Luke 2:15, Luke 24:51, John 3:13, Acts 1:9, 2 Corinthians 5:2, 2 Corinthians 5:4, Ephesians 4:8, Revelation 11:12

rent them: Job 1:20, Job 1:21, Isaiah 57:1, Isaiah 57:2, Acts 8:2

Reciprocal: Exodus 20:12 - Honour 2 Samuel 1:27 - weapons 2 Kings 5:13 - My father 2 Kings 6:10 - saved 2 Kings 6:21 - My father Matthew 23:9 - call Mark 9:4 - Elias Acts 1:10 - while

Cross-References

Exodus 28:20
the fourth must have a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. Put gold around these jewels to attach them to the chest covering.

Exodus 39:13
in the fourth there was a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. Gold was put around these jewels to attach them to the chest covering,

Numbers 11:7
The manna was like small white seeds.

Job 28:16
Wisdom cannot be bought with fine gold or with valuable onyx or sapphire gems.

Ezekiel 28:13
You had a wonderful life, as if you were in Eden, the garden of God. Every valuable gem was on you: ruby, topaz, and emerald, yellow quartz, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and chrysolite. Your jewelry was made of gold. It was prepared on the day you were created.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Elisha saw it,.... The ascension of Elijah to heaven, the manner of it, and all relative to it, as the disciples saw the ascension of Christ, between which and this there is a great agreement, see Acts 1:9, and so Elisha had the token by which he might expect to have the double portion, as the disciples after the ascension of Christ had an extraordinary effusion of the Spirit and gifts upon them:

and he cried, my father, my father; or my master, my master, as the Targum; Elijah being a father to Elisha, and the rest of the prophets, in the same sense as disciples of the prophets are called sons:

the chariots of Israel, and the horsemen thereof; who was a greater defence to Israel, and was of more service to them by his instructions and prayers, than an army consisting of chariots and horsemen; so the Targum,

"he was better to Israel by his prayers than chariots and horsemen:''

and he saw him no more; he was carried up in the above manner into the heaven of heavens, out of the sight of mortals, and never seen more, but at the transfiguration of Christ on the mount:

and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces; not on account of Elijah's case and circumstances, who was now in a most happy and glorious state and condition, but as lamenting his own loss, and the loss of the public.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof - These difficult words are probably said of Elijah, whom Elisha addresses as “the true defense of Israel, better than either the chariots or horsemen” which he saw. Hence, his rending his clothes in token of his grief.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 2:12. The chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof. — The Chaldee translates these words thus: 'My master, my master! who, by thy intercession, wast of more use to Israel than horses and chariots." This is probably the sense.

In the Book of Ecclesiasticus 48:1, &c., the fiery horses and chariot are considered as an emblem of that burning zeal which Elijah manifested in the whole of his ministry: "Then stood up Elijah the prophet as fire, and his word burned as a lamp," &c.

And rent them in two pieces. — As a sign of sorrow for having lost so good and glorious a master.