Now Elisha had fallen sick of his sickness of which 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.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
The illness. Hebrew, Septuagint, and Chaldean, "of his sickness whereof he also died "insinuating that he had been before afflicted with this infirmity.
To him, probably in the same city of Samaria.
Wept. See how he loved him! He was concerned for the welfare of his kingdom. (Menochius)
Thereof. Eliseus had addressed Elias in the same terms, chap. ii. 12. (Calmet)