2 Kings 2:12
As Elisha watched, he cried out, "My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!" And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.
Cross References
Genesis 37:34
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

2 Kings 2:13
Elisha also picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah, and he went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

2 Kings 5:13
Naaman's servants, however, approached him and said, "My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, 'Wash and be cleansed'?"

2 Kings 6:21
And when the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, "My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?"

2 Kings 13:14
When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, "My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!"

Job 1:20
Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,

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saw it

2 Kings 2:10
"You have requested a difficult thing, " said Elijah. "Nevertheless, if you see me as I am taken from you, it will be yours. But if not, then it will not be so."

My father

2 Kings 13:14
When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, "My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!"

Job 22:30
He will deliver even the guilty one, who will be rescued through the purity of your hands."

Proverbs 11:11
By the blessing of the upright a city is built up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.

Ecclesiastes 9:16-18
And I said, "Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded." . . .

Isaiah 37:4, 15, 21
Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives." . . .

Acts 27:24
and said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.'

he saw him

Proverbs 30:4
Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son--surely you know!

Mark 16:19
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

Luke 2:15
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us."

Luke 24:51
While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.

John 3:13
No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven--the Son of Man.

Acts 1:9
After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.

2 Corinthians 5:2, 4
For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, . . .

Ephesians 4:8
This is why it says: "When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men."

Revelation 11:12
And the witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Come up here." And they went up to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched them.

rent them

Job 1:20, 21
Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped, . . .

Isaiah 57:1, 2
The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, with none considering that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil. . . .

Acts 8:2
God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.

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