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2 Kings 13:14
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2 Kings 13:14
New English Translation
Elisha Makes One Final Prophecy
14 Now Elisha had a terminal illness.[a] King Jehoash of Israel went down to visit him.[b] He wept before him and said, “My father, my father! The chariot[c] and horsemen of Israel!”[d]
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- 2 Kings 13:14 tn Heb “Now Elisha was ill with the illness by which he would die.”
- 2 Kings 13:14 tn Heb “went down to him.”
- 2 Kings 13:14 tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”
- 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.
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