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I. A GREAT MAN DYING.

II. A WICKED MAN REGRETTING THE EVENT.

III. A GOOD MAN LEAVING THE WORLD INTERESTED IN POSTERITY. Elisha, though dying, was excited to some interest in the future of his country (vers. 15-19).

IV. A DEAD MAN EXERTING A WONDERFUL INFLUENCE.

(David Thomas, D. D.)

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KJV: Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof 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.

WEB: Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness 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!"