2 Kings 13:14

Elisha Makes One Final Prophecy

13:14 Now Elisha had a terminal illness. ¹  King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. ²  He wept before him and said, “My father, my father! The chariot ³  and horsemen of Israel!” ⁴ 

2 Kings 13:23

13:23 But the Lord had mercy on them and felt pity for them. ⁵  He extended his favor to them ⁶  because of the promise he had made ⁷  to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day. ⁸ 

2 Kings 17:23

17:23 Finally ⁹  the Lord rejected Israel ¹⁰  just as he had warned he would do ¹¹  through all his servants the prophets. Israel was deported from its land to Assyria and remains there to this very day.

[13:14]  ¹ tn Heb “Now Elisha was ill with the illness by which he would die.”

[13:14]  ² tn Heb “went down to him.”

[13:14]  ³ tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”

[13:14]  ⁴ sn By comparing Elisha to a one-man army, the king emphasizes the power of the prophetic word. See the note at 2:12.

[13:23]  ⁵ tn Or “showed them compassion.”

[13:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “he turned to them.”

[13:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “because of his covenant with.”

[13:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “until now.”

[17:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “until.”

[17:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the Lord turned Israel away from his face.”

[17:23]  ¹¹ tn Heb “just as he said.”