¹² As Elisha watched, he kept crying out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” ^(A)

Elisha Succeeds Elijah

When he could see him no longer, he took hold of his own clothes, tore them in two,^(B)

²¹ When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, “Should I kill them,^(A) should I kill them, my father?”

Elisha’s Death

¹⁴ When Elisha became sick with the illness from which he died, King Jehoash of Israel went down and wept over him and said, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” ^(A)