2 Kings 13:14-21

1599 Geneva Bible

¹⁴ ¶ When Elisha fell sick of his sickness whereof he died, Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept upon his face, and said, ^[a]O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen of the same.

¹⁵ Then Elisha said unto him, Take a bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.

¹⁶ And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it. And Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands,

¹⁷ And said, Open the window ^[b]Eastward. And when he had opened it, Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, Behold, the arrow of the Lord’s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance against Aram: for thou shalt smite the Aramites in Aphek, till thou hast consumed them.

¹⁸ Again he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite the ground. And he smote thrice, and ceased.

¹⁹ Then the man of God was ^[c]angry with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times, so thou shouldest have smitten Aram, till thou hadst consumed it, where now thou shalt smite Aram but thrice.

²⁰ ¶ So Elisha died, and they buried him. And certain bands of the Moabites came into the land that year.

²¹ And as they were burying a man: behold, they saw the soldiers: therefore they cast the man into the sepulcher of Elisha. And when the man was down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he ^[d]revived and stood upon his feet.