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

Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.

21 As soon as the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, ^f“My father, shall I strike them down? Shall I strike them down?”

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, ^b“My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”