²¹ When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “Shall I kill them, my father?^(A) Shall I kill them?”

¹⁴ Now Elisha had been suffering from the illness from which he died. Jehoash king of Israel went down to see him and wept over him. “My father! My father!” he cried. “The chariots^(A) and horsemen of Israel!”