16He said to the king of Israel, |Put your hand on the bow;| and he put his hand on it. Elisha laid his hands on the king's hands.


In Context

13 Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat on his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness of which he died: and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, |My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!|

15 Elisha said to him, |Take bow and arrows;| and he took to him bow and arrows.

16 He said to the king of Israel, |Put your hand on the bow;| and he put his hand on it. Elisha laid his hands on the king's hands.

17 He said, |Open the window eastward;| and he opened it. Then Elisha said, |Shoot!| and he shot. He said, |Yahweh's arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Syria; for you shall strike the Syrians in Aphek, until you have consumed them.|

18 He said, |Take the arrows;| and he took them. He said to the king of Israel, |Strike the ground;| and he struck three times, and stopped.

2 Kings 13:16 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:16"Take the bow in your hands," he said to the king of Israel. When he had taken it, Elisha put his hands on the king's hands.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:16And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand [upon it:] and Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:16He said to the king of Israel: Put thy hand upon the bow. And when he had put his hand, Eliseus put his hands over the king's hands,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:16And he said to the king of Israel, Put thy hand upon the bow; and he put his hand upon it . And Elisha laid his hands upon the king's hands.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16And he said to the king of Israel, Put thy hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it; and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:16And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow: and he put his hand upon it. And Elisha laid his hands upon the king's hands.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16And he said to the king of Israel, Put thy hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:16And he saith to the king of Israel, 'Place thy hand on the bow;' and he placeth his hand, and Elisha putteth his hands on the hands of the king,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:16And he said to the king of Israel, Put your hand on the bow. And he put his hand on it: and Elisha put his hands on the king's hands.