Verse | Translation | Text |
2Ki 2:7 | King James | And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Fifty men of the sons of the prophets - We see by this how large were the prophetical schools. It is implied that the "fifty" were only a portion of the school of Jericho. They ascended the abrupt heights behind the town, from where they would command a view of the whole course of the river and of the opposite bank for many miles. |