2 Kings 2:12

And Elisha saw [it], and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

And Elisha {H477} saw {H7200} it, and he cried {H6817}, My father {H1}, my father {H1}, the chariot {H7393} of Israel {H3478}, and the horsemen {H6571} thereof. And he saw {H7200} him no more: and he took hold {H2388} of his own clothes {H899}, and rent {H7167} them in two {H8147} pieces {H7168}.

Elisha saw it and cried out, "My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of Isra'el!" Then he lost sight of him. Seizing his clothes, he tore them in half.

As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.

And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof! And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Kings 13:14 (7 votes)

    Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.

  • Job 1:20 (2 votes)

    ¶ Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

  • Job 1:21 (2 votes)

    And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

  • Mark 16:19 (2 votes)

    ¶ So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

  • Acts 1:9 (2 votes)

    And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:2 (2 votes)

    For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

  • Luke 2:15 (2 votes)

    And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.