2 Kongebok 13:14

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Da Elisa var falt i den sykdom som han døde av, kom Israels konge Joas ned til ham og bøide sig gråtende over ham og sa: Min far, min far! Israels vogner og ryttere!

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fallen sick: 2 Kings 20:1, Genesis 48:1, John 11:3, Philippians 2:26

he died: Psalms 12:1, Isaiah 57:1, Zechariah 1:5, Acts 13:36

O my father: 2 Kings 2:12, 2 Kings 6:21, Proverbs 11:11, Ezekiel 14:14, Ezekiel 22:30, Mark 6:20

Reciprocal: Genesis 50:1 - wept Judges 17:10 - a father Judges 18:19 - a father 2 Samuel 1:27 - weapons 2 Kings 2:9 - Ask what 2 Kings 5:13 - My father 2 Kings 6:10 - saved 2 Kings 8:9 - Thy son Benhadad 2 Kings 13:12 - the rest Matthew 23:9 - call 2 Corinthians 6:13 - be

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died,.... The prophets do not live for ever; this sickness was unto death; Elisha died, and was not translated as Elijah was:

and Joash the king came down unto him; from his palace to the prophet's house, to visit him in his sickness; which was an instance of great condescension and respect, and especially in a wicked prince that could not be reformed by him:

and wept over his face; held his head over him, and wept, perceiving he was near his end, and sensible that his death would be a public loss; the nation having often reaped the benefit of his prayers, though his counsel and advice were neglected and despised:

and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof; the same words Elisha said to Elijah, as he went up to heaven, which very probably Joash had heard of;

:-, and here, as there, the Targum is,

"my master, my master, who was better to Israel by his prayers than chariots and horsemen.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The closing scene of Elisha’s life. It was now at least sixty-three years since his call, so that he was at this time very possibly above ninety. He seems to have lived in almost complete retirement from the time he sent the young prophet to anoint Jehu king 2 Kings 9:1. And now it was not he who sought the king, but the king who sought him. Apparently, the special function of the two great Israelite prophets (Elijah and Elisha) was to counteract the noxious influence of the Baalistic rites; and, when these ceased, their extraordinary ministry came to an end.

The chariot of Israel ... - See the marginal reference. Joash must have known the circumstances of Elijah’s removal, which were perhaps already entered in the “book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel;” and he must have intended to apply to Elisha his own words on that solemn occasion; “Thou too art about to leave us, and to follow Elijah - thou who hast been since his departure, that which he was while he remained on earth, the true defense of Israel.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 13:14. Now Elisha was fallen sick — This is supposed to have taken place in the tenth year of Joash; and if so, Elisha must have prophesied about sixty-five years.

O my father, my father — "What shall I do now thou art dying? thou art the only defense of Israel." He accosts him with the same words which himself spoke to Elijah when he was translated; see 2 Kings 2:12, and the note there.