18They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, |Didn't I tell you, 'Don't go?'|
18They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, |Didn't I tell you, 'Don't go?'|
15 When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, |The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.| They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
16 They said to him, |See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. Perhaps the Spirit of Yahweh has taken him up, and put him on some mountain, or into some valley. He said, |You shall not send them.|
17 When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, |Send them.| They sent therefore fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn't find him.
18 They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, |Didn't I tell you, 'Don't go?'|
19 The men of the city said to Elisha, |Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land miscarries.|
20 He said, |Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it.| They brought it to him.
2:18When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, "Didn't I tell you not to go?"
2:18And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
2:18And they came back to him: for he abode at Jericho, and he said to them: Did I not say to you: Do not send?
2:18And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
2:18And they came again to him (now he was staying at Jericho); and he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?
2:18And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
2:18And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?
2:18and they turn back unto him — and he is abiding in Jericho — and he saith unto them, 'Did I not say unto you, Do not go?'
2:18And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?