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2Ki 2:16 Strong Concordance And they said [0559] unto him, Behold now, there be [03426] with thy servants [05650] fifty [02572] strong [02428] men [01121] [0582]; let them go [03212], we pray thee, and seek [01245] thy master [0113]: lest peradventure the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] hath taken him up [05375], and cast [07993] him upon some [0259] mountain [02022], or into some [0259] valley [01516]. And he said [0559], Ye shall not send [07971].
  King James And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
fifty strong men, let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master--Though the young prophets from Jericho had seen Elijah's miraculous passage of the Jordan, they had not witnessed the ascension. They imagined that he might have been cast by the whirlwind on some mountain or valley; or, if he had actually been admitted into heaven, they expected that his body would still be remaining somewhere on earth. In compliance with their importunity, he gave them permission, but told them what the result would be.
 
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18 And when they came again [07725] to him, (for he tarried [03427] at Jericho [03405],) he said [0559] unto them, Did I not say [0559] unto you, Go [03212] not?
19 And the men [0582] of the city [05892] said [0559] unto Elisha [0477], Behold, I pray thee, the situation [04186] of this city [05892] is pleasant [02896], as my lord [0113] seeth [07200]: but the water [04325] is naught [07451], and the ground [0776] barren [07921].
20 And he said [0559], Bring [03947] me a new [02319] cruse [06746], and put [07760] salt [04417] therein. And they brought [03947] it to him.
21 And he went forth [03318] unto the spring [04161] of the waters [04325], and cast [07993] the salt [04417] in there, and said [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], I have healed [07495] these waters [04325]; there shall not be from thence any more death [04194] or barren [07921] land.
22 So the waters [04325] were healed [07495] unto this day [03117], according to the saying [01697] of Elisha [0477] which he spake [01696].
19 And the men [0582] of the city [05892] said [0559] unto Elisha [0477], Behold, I pray thee, the situation [04186] of this city [05892] is pleasant [02896], as my lord [0113] seeth [07200]: but the water [04325] is naught [07451], and the ground [0776] barren [07921].
20 And he said [0559], Bring [03947] me a new [02319] cruse [06746], and put [07760] salt [04417] therein. And they brought [03947] it to him.
21 And he went forth [03318] unto the spring [04161] of the waters [04325], and cast [07993] the salt [04417] in there, and said [0559], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], I have healed [07495] these waters [04325]; there shall not be from thence any more death [04194] or barren [07921] land.
22 So the waters [04325] were healed [07495] unto this day [03117], according to the saying [01697] of Elisha [0477] which he spake [01696].
23 And he went up [05927] from thence unto Bethel [01008]: and as he was going up [05927] by the way [01870], there came forth [03318] little [06996] children [05288] out of the city [05892], and mocked [07046] him, and said [0559] unto him, Go up [05927], thou bald head [07142]; go up [05927], thou bald head [07142].
24 And he turned [06437] back [0310], and looked [07200] on them, and cursed [07043] them in the name [08034] of the LORD [03068]. And there came forth [03318] two [08147] she bears [01677] out of the wood [03293], and tare [01234] forty [0705] and two [08147] children [03206] of them.
25 And he went [03212] from thence to mount [02022] Carmel [03760], and from thence he returned [07725] to Samaria [08111].
25 And they tarried [02342] till they were ashamed [0954]: and, behold, he opened [06605] not the doors [01817] of the parlour [05944]; therefore they took [03947] a key [04668], and opened [06605] them: and, behold, their lord [0113] was fallen down [05307] dead [04191] on the earth [0776].
12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone [03212] from thee, that the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] shall carry [05375] thee whither I know [03045] not; and so when I come [0935] and tell [05046] Ahab [0256], and he cannot find [04672] thee, he shall slay [02026] me: but I thy servant [05650] fear [03372] the LORD [03068] from my youth [05271].
12 And strangers [02114], the terrible [06184] of the nations [01471], have cut him off [03772], and have left [05203] him: upon the mountains [02022] and in all the valleys [01516] his branches [01808] are fallen [05307], and his boughs [06288] are broken [07665] by all the rivers [0650] of the land [0776]; and all the people [05971] of the earth [0776] are gone down [03381] from his shadow [06738], and have left [05203] him.
16 But they that escape [06403] of them shall escape [06412], and shall be on the mountains [02022] like doves [03123] of the valleys [01516], all of them mourning [01993], every one [0376] for his iniquity [05771].
4 And his feet [07272] shall stand [05975] in that day [03117] upon the mount [02022] of Olives [02132], which is before [06440] Jerusalem [03389] on the east [06924], and the mount [02022] of Olives [02132] shall cleave [01234] in the midst [02677] thereof toward the east [04217] and toward the west [03220], and there shall be a very [03966] great [01419] valley [01516]; and half [02677] of the mountain [02022] shall remove [04185] toward the north [06828], and half [02677] of it toward the south [05045].
12 And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone [03212] from thee, that the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] shall carry [05375] thee whither I know [03045] not; and so when I come [0935] and tell [05046] Ahab [0256], and he cannot find [04672] thee, he shall slay [02026] me: but I thy servant [05650] fear [03372] the LORD [03068] from my youth [05271].
7 And fifty [02572] men [0376] of the sons [01121] of the prophets [05030] went [01980], and stood [05975] to view [05048] afar off [07350]: and they two [08147] stood [05975] by Jordan [03383].