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?'


In Context

15 And they see him — the sons of the prophets who are in Jericho — over-against, and they say, 'Rested hath the spirit of Elijah on Elisha;' and they come to meet him, and bow themselves to him to the earth,

16 and say unto him, 'Lo, we pray thee, there are with thy servants fifty men, sons of valour: let them go, we pray thee, and they seek thy lord, lest the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and doth cast him on one of the hills, or into one of the valleys;' and he saith, 'Ye do not send.'

17 And they press upon him, till he is ashamed, and he saith, 'Send ye;' and they send fifty men, and they seek three days, and have not found him;

18 and 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?'

19 And the men of the city say unto Elisha, 'Lo, we pray thee, the site of the city is good, as my lord seeth, and the waters are bad, and the earth sterile.'

20 And he saith, 'Bring to me a new dish, and place there salt;' and they bring it unto him,

2 Kings 2:18 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:18When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, "Didn't I tell you not to go?"

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:18They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, |Didn't I tell you, 'Don't go?'|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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?