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Now Elisha became sick with the illness of which he died; and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”
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Verse 14. The illness. Hebrew Septuagint and Chal. “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. Calmet. 2:12. Calmet.
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