^13:14Now Elisha had a terminal illness.³² King Joash of Israel went down to visit him.³³ He wept before him and said, “My father, my father! The chariot³⁴ and horsemen of Israel!”³⁵

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Footnotes

32 Heb “Now Elisha was ill with the illness by which he would die.”
33 Heb “went down to him.”
34 Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”
35 By comparing Elisha to a one-man army, the king emphasizes the power of the prophetic word. See the note at .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Now Elisha had been suffering from the illness from which he died. Jehoash king of Israel went down to see him and wept over him. “My father! My father!” he cried. “The chariots and horsemen of Israel!”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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!”

NLTNew Living Translation

When Elisha was in his last illness, King Jehoash of Israel visited him and wept over him. “My father! My father! I see the chariots and charioteers of Israel!” he cried.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Elisha became ill with the illness with which he would die, so Jehoash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, and said, “My father, my father; the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!”

KJV 1900King James Version

Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.

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