When Elisha became sick with the illness from which he died, King Jehoash of Israel went down and wept over him and said, ‘My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel! ’
2 Kings 6:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, ‘Should I kill them, should I kill them, my father? ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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? |
When Elisha became sick with the illness from which he died, King Jehoash of Israel went down and wept over him and said, ‘My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel! ’
As Elisha watched, he kept crying out, ‘My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel! ’ When he could see him no longer, he took hold of his own clothes, tore them in two,
But his servants approached and said to him, ‘My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more should you do it when he only tells you, “Wash and be clean”? ’
Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift: forty camel-loads of all the finest products of Damascus. When he came and stood before him, he said, ‘Your son, King Ben-hadad of Aram, has sent me to ask you, “Will I recover from this sickness? ” ’
When those around him saw what was going to happen, they asked, ‘Lord, should we strike with the sword? ’
When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go unharmed? , May the Lord repay you with good for what you’ve done for me today.
so they said to him, ‘Look, this is the day the Lord told you about: “I will hand your enemy over to you so you can do to him whatever you desire.” ’ Then David got up and secretly cut off the corner of Saul’s robe.
Then Abishai said to David, ‘Today God has delivered your enemy to you. Let me thrust the spear through him into the ground just once. I won’t have to strike him twice! ’