2 Kings 2:12 (GNV)

Passage

And Elisha saw it, and he cryed, My father, my father, the charet of Israel, and the horsemen thereof: and he sawe him no more: and he tooke his owne clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

Nearby Context

2 Kings 2:10 And he saide, Thou hast asked an hard thing: yet if thou see me when I am taken from thee, thou shalt haue it so: and if not, it shall not be.

2 Kings 2:11 And as they went walking and talking, beholde, there appeared a charet of fire, and horses of fire, and did separate them twaine. So Eliiah went vp by a whirle winde into heauen.

2 Kings 2:12 And Elisha saw it, and he cryed, My father, my father, the charet of Israel, and the horsemen thereof: and he sawe him no more: and he tooke his owne clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

2 Kings 2:13 He tooke vp also the cloke of Eliiah that fell from him, and returned, and stoode by the banke of Iorden.

2 Kings 2:14 After, he tooke the cloke of Eliiah, that fell from him, and smote the waters, and sayde, Where is the Lord God of Eliiah? And so he also, after he had striken the waters, so that they were deuided this way and that way, went ouer, euen Elisha.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "elisha", "cryed", "father", "charet", "israel", "horsemen", and "thereof". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "elisha" and "cryed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And as they went walking and talking..." into verse 13's "He tooke vp also the cloke of...", so "elisha" and "cryed" belong inside that flow. In 2 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "elisha" and "cryed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.