2 Kings 13:14-20

14When Elisha was in his last illness, King Jehoash of Israel visited him and wept over him. “My father! My father! I see the chariots and charioteers of Israel!” he cried.

15Elisha told him, “Get a bow and some arrows.” And the king did as he was told.

16Elisha told him, “Put your hand on the bow,” and Elisha laid his own hands on the king’s hands.

17Then he commanded, “Open that eastern window,” and he opened it. Then he said, “Shoot!” So he shot an arrow. Elisha proclaimed, “This is the Lord’s arrow, an arrow of victory over Aram, for you will completely conquer the Arameans at Aphek.”

18Then he said, “Now pick up the other arrows and strike them against the ground.” So the king picked them up and struck the ground three times.

19But the man of God was angry with him. “You should have struck the ground five or six times!” he exclaimed. “Then you would have beaten Aram until it was entirely destroyed. Now you will be victorious only three times.”

20Then Elisha died and was buried. Groups of Moabite raiders used to invade the land each spring.