2 Kings 13:14-17

Living Bible

¹⁴ When Elisha was in his last illness, King Joash visited him and wept over him.

“My father! My father! You are the strength of Israel!”^[a] he cried.

¹⁵ Elisha told him, “Get a bow and some arrows,” and he did.

^16-17 “Open that eastern window,” he instructed. Then he told the king to put his hand upon the bow, and Elisha laid his own hands upon the king’s hands.

“Shoot!” Elisha commanded, and he did.

Then Elisha proclaimed, “This is the Lord’s arrow, full of victory over Syria; for you will completely conquer the Syrians at Aphek.