Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Kings 2:18
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When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”
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And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
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They came back to him while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?”
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And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
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2 Kings 2
16 “Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
17 But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.
18 When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”
19 Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”
20 “Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him,
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