Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him, and wept before him, crying, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”
2 Kings 6:21 - Revised Standard Version When the king of Israel saw them he said to Elisha, “My father, shall I slay them? Shall I slay them?” Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, My father, shall I slay them? Shall I slay them? American Standard Version (1901) And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? Common English Bible When he saw them, Israel’s king said to Elisha, “Should I kill them, my father? Should I?” Catholic Public Domain Version And the king of Israel, when he had seen them, said to Elisha, "My father, should I not strike them?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the king of Israel said to Eliseus, when he saw them: My father, shall I kill them? |
Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him, and wept before him, crying, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”
And Elisha saw it and he cried, “My father, my father! the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and rent them in two pieces.
But his servants came near and said to him, “My father, if the prophet had commanded you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much rather, then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?”
So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, all kinds of goods of Damascus, forty camel loads. When he came and stood before him, he said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this sickness?’ ”
And when those who were about him saw what would follow, they said, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?”
For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safe? So may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day.
And the men of David said to him, “Here is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold, I will give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.’ ” Then David arose and stealthily cut off the skirt of Saul's robe.
Then said Abishai to David, “God has given your enemy into your hand this day; now therefore let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice.”