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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 2:7 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
2Ki 2:7	Strong Concordance	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].
	King James	And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

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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.

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.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
To view - To observe this great event, Elijah's translation to heaven, which they expected every moment: and whereof they desired to be spectators, not to satisfy their own curiosity, but that they might be witnesses of it to others.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

To view - To observe this great event, Elijah's translation to heaven, which they expected every moment: and whereof they desired to be spectators, not to satisfy their own curiosity, but that they might be witnesses of it to others.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Fifty men of the sons of the prophets - They fully expected this extraordinary event, and they could have known it only from Elijah himself, or by a direct revelation from God.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Fifty men of the sons of the prophets - They fully expected this extraordinary event, and they could have known it only from Elijah himself, or by a direct revelation from God.

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