2 Kings 13:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, King Joash of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now Elisha [previously] had become ill of the illness of which he died. And Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen of it! [II Kings 2:12.]

American Standard Version (1901)

Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died: and Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over him, and said, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!

Common English Bible

Now Elisha became sick with the illness that would kill him. So Israel’s King Joash went down to see him. Joash cried over Elisha, saying, “Oh, my father, my father! Israel’s chariots and its riders!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Now Elisha was sick of the infirmity from which he also died. And Joash, the king of Israel, descended to him. And he was weeping before him, and saying: "My father, my father! The chariot of Israel and its driver!"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now Eliseus was sick of the illness whereof he died. And Joas king of Israel went down to him, and wept before him, and said: O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the guider thereof.

2 Kings 13:14 Cross References

Genesis 48:1

After this Joseph was told, “Your father is ill.” So he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

Genesis 49:33

When Jacob ended his charge to his sons, he drew up his feet into the bed, breathed his last, and was gathered to his people.

Genesis 50:1

Then Joseph threw himself on his father’s face and wept over him and kissed him.

2 Kings 13:12

Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, as well as the might with which he fought against King Amaziah of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel?

2 Kings 13:13

So Joash slept with his ancestors, and Jeroboam sat upon his throne; Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

2 Kings 13:15

Elisha said to him, “Take a bow and arrows,” so he took a bow and arrows.

2 Kings 2:12

Elisha kept watching and crying out, “Father, father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” But when he could no longer see him, he grasped his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.

2 Kings 20:1

In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.”

2 Kings 6:21

When the king of Israel saw them he said to Elisha, “Father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?”

Psalm 12:1

Help, O Lord, for there is no longer anyone who is godly; the faithful have disappeared from humankind.

Proverbs 11:11

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

Isaiah 57:1

The righteous perish, and no one considers why; the devout are taken away, while no one understands that it is due to evil that the righteous are taken away.

Ezekiel 14:14

even if Noah, Daniel, and Job, these three, were in it, they would save only their own lives by their righteousness, says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 22:30

And I sought for anyone among them who would repair the wall and stand in the breach before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.

Zechariah 1:5

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

Mark 6:20

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he liked to listen to him.

John 11:3

So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.”

Acts 13:36

“For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, died, was laid beside his ancestors, and experienced corruption,

Philippians 2:26

for he has been longing for all of you and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill.