Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, (h) O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
(h) Thus they used to call the prophets and servants of God, by whom God blesses his people, as in (2 Kings 2:12) meaning that they prospered their country more by their prayers than by force of arms.