¹² And Elisha saw it and he cried, “My father, my father! ^(A)The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw him no more.

Then he took hold of his own clothes ^(B)and tore them in two pieces.

The Death of Elisha

¹⁴ Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, ^(A)“My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”