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The Chariot of Israel: Britain, America and the State of Israel is a 1981 book by the British politician and former Prime Minister Harold Wilson about the relationship and foreign policy of the United Kingdom and the United States towards Israel.
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- 1981
The phrase measures military power by the number of chariots and horsemen. The phrase used by both Elisha and Jehoash is referring in both cases, as others have noted, to the invisible army of God, which far outnumbers any earthly military, and to its earthly representative, first Elijah, then Elisha.
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- It can also be translated, "Israel's chariot and horseman !" (i.e. singular, as the LXX translates it also) metaphorically calling Elisha the on...
- Saint Gregory Palamas presented the consensus of the [orthodox] fathers formed by that time (14 century) that these words (when uttered during the...
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- Chariots and horsemen is a figurative term. The Bible says that by faith we understand that the world was framed by the Word of God so that the thi...
The chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And Elisha saw him no more. Then he took hold of his garment and tore it in two. New Living Translation. Elisha saw it and cried out, “My father! My father! I see the chariots and charioteers of Israel!” And as they disappeared from sight, Elisha tore his clothes in distress. English Standard Version.
King James Version. 12 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. 13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
The chariot (c hariots—rèkeb) of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. —Expressing what Elijah was to the nation. The Targum paraphrases, “My master, my master, who was better to Israel than chariots and horsemen by his prayers.” The personal work and influence of a prophet like Elijah was the truest safeguard of Israel.
The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”. Berean Standard Bible. When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”. King James Bible.
The chariots and horsemen of Israel!'. And Elisha saw him no more. Then he took hold of his garment and tore it in two. NASB And Elisha was watching it and he was crying out, 'My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!'. And he did not see Elijah again.
