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2 Kings 13:14-16
The Voice
2 Kings 13:14-16
The Voice
14 Now Elisha was sick with a terminal illness; and Joash, Israel’s king, came to visit him. He cried over Elisha,
Joash quotes to the prophet Elisha’s own words to Elijah before he ascended.
Joash: My father, O my father! The chariots and riders of Israel![a]
Elisha: 15 Quickly find a bow and some arrows.
Joash did as Elisha instructed and brought a bow and some arrows back to Elisha’s bedside.
Elisha: 16 Now grip the bow tightly.
So Joash gripped the bow, and Elisha placed his hands over the king’s hands.
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2 Kings 13:14-16
New International Version
2 Kings 13:14-16
New International Version
14 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(A) and horsemen of Israel!”
15 Elisha said, “Get a bow and some arrows,”(B) and he did so. 16 “Take the bow in your hands,” he said to the king of Israel. When he had taken it, Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands.
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