And Elisha saw [it], and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
Ver. 12. And Elisha saw it.] See on 2 Kings 2:10 .
The horsemen of Israel.] As thou hast been the Lord's faithful warrior for the safety of his Church, so now thou art carried into his kingdom of glory, as it were upon a triumphal chariot and horses. a
a Diod.