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 20:1

Hezekiah is Healed

20:1 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. ⁵  The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Give your household instructions, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’” ⁶ 

[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.

[20:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying.”

[20:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “will not live.”