12And 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.
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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.
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, …
And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.
And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-12)Here, I. Elijah makes his will, and leaves Elisha his heir, now anointing him to be prophet in his room, more than when he cast his mantle upon him , 1 Kgs. 19:19. 1. Elijah, being greatly pleased with the constancy of Elisha’s affection and attendance, bade him ask what he should do for him, what blessing he should leave him at parting; he does not say (as bishop Hall observes), “ Ask of me when…
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