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2 Kings 13:12-14
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12 The rest of the events of Jehoash’s[a] reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel.[b] 13 Jehoash passed away[c] and Jeroboam succeeded him on the throne.[d] Jehoash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

Elisha Makes One Final Prophecy

14 Now Elisha had a terminal illness.[e] King Jehoash of Israel went down to visit him.[f] He wept before him and said, “My father, my father! The chariot[g] and horsemen of Israel!”[h]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 13:12 tn “Joash”; Jehoash and Joash are alternate forms of the same name.
  2. 2 Kings 13:12 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Joash, and all which he did and his strength, [and] how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”
  3. 2 Kings 13:13 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
  4. 2 Kings 13:13 tn Heb “sat on his throne.”
  5. 2 Kings 13:14 tn Heb “Now Elisha was ill with the illness by which he would die.”
  6. 2 Kings 13:14 tn Heb “went down to him.”
  7. 2 Kings 13:14 tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”
  8. 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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