2Ki 6:21, 8:9, 13:14, Isa 22:21, 1Cor 4:14-15, 1Th 2:11 | ESV | STEP | As soon as the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha , My father , shall I strike them down ? Shall I strike them down ?

a ch. 5:13; 8:9; Judg. 17:10

b[ch. 5:13]

c ch. 2:12

d[See ver. 20 above]

e Gen. 45:8

f[ch. 6:5; 15:34]

g 2 Cor. 6:13; 1 Thess. 2:11; 3 John 4

h[ch. 3:10]

j Philem. 10; [Gal. 4:19]

k[ver. 7]; See 1 Cor. 4:14

2 Kings 6:21

21 As soon as the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, ^a“My father, shall I strike them down? Shall I strike them down?”

2 Kings 8:9

9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, all kinds of goods of Damascus, forty camels’ loads. When he came and stood before him, he said, ^b“Your son Ben-hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, ‘Shall I recover from this sickness?’”

2 Kings 13:14

The Death of Elisha

14 Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, ^c“My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”

Isaiah 22:21

21 and ^dI will clothe him with your robe, and will bind your sash on him, and will commit your authority to his hand. And he shall be ^ea father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

1 Corinthians 4:14-15

14 I do not write these things ^fto make you ashamed, but to admonish you ^gas my beloved children. 15 For ^hthough you have countless ^{▼▼Greek you have ten thousand} guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For ^jI became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

1 Thessalonians 2:11

11 For you know how, ^klike a father with his children,