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 14:6

14:6 But he did not execute the sons of the assassins. He obeyed the Lord’s commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, ⁵  “Fathers must not be put to death for what their sons do, ⁶  and sons must not be put to death for what their fathers do. ⁷  A man must be put to death only for his own sin.” ⁸ 

[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.

[14:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “as it is written in the scroll of the law of Moses which the Lord commanded, saying.”

[14:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “on account of sons.”

[14:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “on account of fathers.”

[14:6]  ⁸ sn This law is recorded in Deut 24:16.