¹⁹ And they said to him, Be quiet; say nothing, and come with us and be our father and priest; is it better for you to be priest to one man's house or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

⁹ The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;

⁵ Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth.

¹⁰ Then Micah said to him, Make your living-place with me, and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten shekels of silver a year and your clothing and food.

¹⁶ The nations will see and be shamed because of all their strength; they will put their hands on their mouths, their ears will be stopped.

³² If you have done foolishly in lifting yourself up, or if you have had evil designs, put your hand over your mouth.

⁹ And give no man the name of father on earth: because one is your Father, who is in heaven.

⁴ Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?

⁵ Put on the ornaments of your pride; be clothed with glory and power:

¹⁴ Now Elisha became ill with the disease which was the cause of his death: and Joash, king of Israel, came down to him, and weeping over him said, My father, my father, the war-carriages of Israel and its horsemen!

⁸ Then the king said to Hazael, Take an offering with you, and go to see the man of God and get directions from the Lord by him, saying, Am I going to get better from my disease?

⁹ So Hazael went to see him, taking with him forty camels with offerings on their backs of every sort of good thing from Damascus; and when he came before him, he said, Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you, saying, Will I get better from this disease?

²¹ And the king of Israel, when he saw them, said to Elisha, My father, am I to put them to the sword?