Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died.
The death of Elisha
I. A great man dying.
II. A wicked man regretting the event.
III. A good man leaving the world interested in posterity. Elisha, though dying, was excited to some interest in the future of his country (2Ki_13:15-19).
IV. A dead man exerting a wonderful influence. (David Thomas,D. D.)