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2 Kings 2:122Kgs.2.12

And Elisha saw [it], and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

KJV

Hebrew original

וֶ/אֱלִישָׁ֣ע רֹאֶ֗ה וְ/ה֤וּא מְצַעֵק֙ אָבִ֣/י אָבִ֗/י רֶ֤כֶב יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וּ/פָ֣רָשָׁ֔י/ו וְ/לֹ֥א רָאָ֖/הוּ ע֑וֹד וַֽ/יַּחֲזֵק֙ בִּ/בְגָדָ֔י/ו וַ/יִּקְרָעֵ֖/ם לִ/שְׁנַ֥יִם קְרָעִֽים

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Elisée regardait et criait: Mon père! mon père! Char d'Israël et sa cavalerie! Et il ne le vit plus. Saisissant alors ses vêtements, il les déchira en deux morceaux,

KJV

And Elisha saw [it], and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

Patristic reading

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  • Gregory the Great + Ephraem Syrus + Aphrahat

    NPNF-213. Gregory the Great (II), Ephraim Syrus, Aphrahat

    13:1 24:17 1 Kings 1:38 4:27 10:1 11:1-4 11:12 11:36 15:4 15:13 16:31 17:3-5 19:1-8 20:11 21:5 22:28 2 Kings 2:8-15 2:11 2:16 2:20 3:15-17 4:8-10 4:26 6:32 18:9 18:13 18:35 19:21-23 19:23-24 19:28 19:37 20:18 20:19 22:11 22:13 23:29 25:1 1 Chronicles 11:19 11:19 2 Chronicles 35:2…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)

    iga, quilibet praedicator, ut in libris Regum: «Currus Israel, et auriga ejus [Note: [Col. 0871] 12 IV Reg. II, 12.] ,» quod praedicator populum Dei et portare debet et ducere. Avis est Christus, ut in Job: «Semitam ignoravit avis [Note: [Col. 0871] 13 Job XXVIII, 7.] ,» qu…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)

    it in baptismo. Currus, praelatus mansuetus, ut in libris Regum: «Currus Israel [Note: [Col. 0905] 7 IV Reg. II, 12.] ,» id est, populum Israel per mansuetudinem portans. Per currum res mundi instabiles, ut in Psalmis: «Hi in curribus [Note: [Col. 0905] 8 Psal. XIX, 8.] ,» id…

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