Discovery Box2 Kings 13:12-14 
Context13:12 The rest of the events of Joash’s 1 reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. 2 13:13 Joash passed away 3 and Jeroboam succeeded him on the throne. 4 Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
13:14 Now Elisha had a terminal illness. 5 King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. 6 He wept before him and said, “My father, my father! The chariot 7 and horsemen of Israel!” 8
1 sn Jehoash and Joash are alternate forms of the same name.
2 tn Heb “As for the rest of the events of Joash, and all which he did and his strength, [and] how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Israel?”
3 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
4 tn Heb “sat on his throne.”
5 tn Heb “Now Elisha was ill with the illness by which he would die.”
6 tn Heb “went down to him.”
7 tn Though the noun is singular here, it may be collective, in which case it could be translated “chariots.”
8 sn By comparing Elisha to a one-man army, the king emphasizes the power of the prophetic word. See the note at 2:12.
