2 Kings 6:21
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21 When the king of Israel saw them, he shouted to Elisha, “My father, should I kill them? Should I kill them?”
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2 Kings 5:13
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13 But his officers tried to reason with him and said, “Sir,[a] if the prophet had told you to do something very difficult, wouldn’t you have done it? So you should certainly obey him when he says simply, ‘Go and wash and be cured!’”
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- 5:13 Hebrew My father.
2 Kings 8:9
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9 So Hazael loaded down forty camels with the finest products of Damascus as a gift for Elisha. He went to him and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad, the king of Aram, has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
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2 Kings 2:12
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12 Elisha saw it and cried out, “My father! My father! I see the chariots and charioteers of Israel!” And as they disappeared from sight, Elisha tore his clothes in distress.
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Luke 22:49
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49 When the other disciples saw what was about to happen, they exclaimed, “Lord, should we fight? We brought the swords!”
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Luke 9:54-56
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54 When James and John saw this, they said to Jesus, “Lord, should we call down fire from heaven to burn them up[a]?” 55 But Jesus turned and rebuked them.[b] 56 So they went on to another village.
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2 Kings 13:14
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Elisha’s Final Prophecy
14 When Elisha was in his last illness, King Jehoash of Israel visited him and wept over him. “My father! My father! I see the chariots and charioteers of Israel!” he cried.
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1 Samuel 26:8
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8 “God has surely handed your enemy over to you this time!” Abishai whispered to David. “Let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won’t need to strike twice!”
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1 Samuel 24:19
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19 Who else would let his enemy get away when he had him in his power? May the Lord reward you well for the kindness you have shown me today.
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1 Samuel 24:4
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4 “Now’s your opportunity!” David’s men whispered to him. “Today the Lord is telling you, ‘I will certainly put your enemy into your power, to do with as you wish.’” So David crept forward and cut off a piece of the hem of Saul’s robe.
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