The Death of Elisha

2 Kings 13

14 Elisha had become sick with the illness of which he would die. Then Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over his face, and said, "O my father, my father, q the chariots of Israel and their horsemen!" 15 And Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and some arrows." So he took himself a bow and some arrows. 16 Then he said to the king of Israel, "Put your hand on the bow." So he put his hand on it, and Elisha put his hands on the king's hands. 17 And he said, "Open the east window"; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, "Shoot"; and he shot. And he said, "The arrow of the LORD's deliverance and the arrow of deliverance from Syria; for you must strike the Syrians at r Aphek till you have destroyed them." 18 Then he said, "Take the arrows"; so he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground"; so he struck three times, and stopped. 19 And the man of God was angry with him, and said, "You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Syria till you had destroyed it! s But now you will strike Syria only three times."

20 Then Elisha 1 died, and they buried him. And the t raiding bands from Moab invaded the land in the spring of the year. 21 So it was, as they were burying a man, that suddenly they spied a band of raiders; and they put the man in the tomb of Elisha; and when the man was let down and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.

22 And u Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. 23 But the LORD was v gracious to them, had compassion on them, and w regarded them, x because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not yet destroy them or cast them from His presence.

24 Now Hazael king of Syria died. Then BenHadad his son reigned in his place. 25 And 2 Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz recaptured from the hand of BenHadad, the son of Hazael, the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. y Three times Joash defeated him and recaptured the cities of Israel.

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 2:12
    And Elisha saw it, and he cried out, "My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!" So he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes and tore them into two pieces.
  2. Cross References
    1 Kings 20:26
    So it was, in the spring of the year, that BenHadad mustered the Syrians and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
  3. Cross References
    2 Kings 13:25
    And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz recaptured from the hand of BenHadad, the son of Hazael, the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times Joash defeated him and recaptured the cities of Israel.
  4. Cross References
    2 Kings 3:5
    But it happened, when Ahab died, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
    2 Kings 24:2
    And the LORD sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken by His servants the prophets.
  5. Cross References
    2 Kings 8:12
    And Hazael said, "Why is my lord weeping?" He answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: Their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword; and you will dash their children, and rip open their women with child.
    2 Kings 8:13
    So Hazael said, "But what is your servant - a dog, that he should do this gross thing?" And Elisha answered, "The LORD has shown me that you will become king over Syria.
  6. Cross References
    2 Kings 14:27
    And the LORD did not say that He would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven; but He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 2:24
    So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
    Exodus 2:25
    And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them.
  8. Cross References
    Genesis 13:16
    And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered.
    Genesis 13:17
    "Arise, walk in the land through its length and its width, for I give it to you."
    Genesis 17:2 - 7
    "And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."
    Exodus 32:13
    "Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your own self, and said to them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven; and all this land that I have spoken of I give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.'"
  9. Cross References
    2 Kings 13:18
    Then he said, "Take the arrows"; so he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground"; so he struck three times, and stopped.
    2 Kings 13:19
    And the man of God was angry with him, and said, "You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Syria till you had destroyed it! But now you will strike Syria only three times.
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