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2 Kings 13:13-15
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13 Jehoash passed away[a] and Jeroboam succeeded him on the throne.[b] Jehoash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

Elisha Makes One Final Prophecy

14 Now Elisha had a terminal illness.[c] King Jehoash of Israel went down to visit him.[d] He wept before him and said, “My father, my father! The chariot[e] and horsemen of Israel!”[f] 15 Elisha told him, “Take a bow and some arrows,” and he did so.[g]

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  1. 2 Kings 13:13 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
  2. 2 Kings 13:13 tn Heb “sat on his throne.”
  3. 2 Kings 13:14 tn Heb “Now Elisha was ill with the illness by which he would die.”
  4. 2 Kings 13:14 tn Heb “went down to him.”
  5. 2 Kings 13:14 tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”
  6. 2 Kings 13:14 sn By comparing Elisha to a one-man army, the king emphasizes the power of the prophetic word. See the note at 2:12.
  7. 2 Kings 13:15 tn Heb “and he took a bow and some arrows.”
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