So they picked two horsemen and the king sent them out to track the Syrian army.<n id="1" /> He ordered them, &#8220;Go and find out what&#8217;s going on.&#8221;<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a fiery chariot<n id="1" /> pulled by fiery horses appeared.<n id="2" /> They went between Elijah and Elisha,<n id="3" /> and Elijah went up to heaven in a windstorm.

While Elisha was watching, he was crying out, &#8220;My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!&#8221;<n id="1" /> Then he could no longer see him. He grabbed his clothes and tore them in two.

The <sc>Lordsc> had caused the Syrian camp to hear the sound of chariots and horses and a large army. Then they said to one another, &#8220;Look, the king of Israel has paid the kings of the Hittites and Egypt to attack us!&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu&#8217;s troops approaching.<n id="1" /> He said, &#8220;I see troops!&#8221;<n id="2" /> Jehoram ordered,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask, &#8216;Is everything all right?&#8217;&#8221;<n id="4" />

So the horseman<n id="1" /> went to meet him and said, &#8220;This is what the king says, &#8216;Is everything all right?&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" /> Jehu replied, &#8220;None of your business!<n id="3" /> Follow me.&#8221; The watchman reported, &#8220;The messenger reached them, but hasn&#8217;t started back.&#8221;

So he sent a second horseman out to them<n id="1" /> and he said, &#8220;This is what the king says, &#8216;Is everything all right?&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" /> Jehu replied, &#8220;None of your business! Follow me.&#8221;

Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rekab went to the temple of Baal. Jehu<n id="1" /> said to the servants of Baal, &#8220;Make sure there are no servants of the <sc>Lordsc> here with you; there must be only servants of Baal.&#8221;<n id="2" />

Jehoahaz had no army left<n id="1" /> except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers. The king of Syria had destroyed his troops<n id="2" /> and trampled on them like dust.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Elisha had a terminal illness.<n id="1" /> King Joash of Israel went down to visit him.<n id="2" /> He wept before him and said, &#8220;My father, my father! The chariot<n id="3" /> and horsemen of Israel!&#8221;<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">When he left there, he met<n id="1" /> Jehonadab, son of Rekab, who had been looking for him.<n id="2" /> Jehu greeted him and asked,<n id="3" /> &#8220;Are you as committed to me as I am to you?&#8221;<n id="4" /> Jehonadab answered, &#8220;I am!&#8221; Jehu replied, &#8220;If so, give me your hand.&#8221;<n id="5" /> So he offered his hand and Jehu<n id="6" /> pulled him up into the chariot.