2 Kings 2:17

But they pressed him, till he consented, and said: Send. And they sent fifty men: and they sought three days but found him not.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

In Context

16And they said to him: Behold, there are with thy servants fifty strong men, that can go, and seek thy master, lest perhaps the spirit of the Lord hath taken him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley. And he said: Do not send.

18And they came back to him: for he abode at Jericho, and he said to them: Did I not say to you: Do not send?

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Cross References

2 Kings 8:11And he stood with him, and was troubled so far as to blush: and the man of God wept.

Romans 10:2For I bear them witness, that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 2:14-19

Elijah's Mantle on Elisha. ( b. c. 895.) 13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; 14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. 15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet… Read the whole commentary →

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