Verse 5
2 Kings 2:5
Free Bible Version
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The sons of the prophets who lived in Jericho came to Elisha and told him, “You do know that the Lord is going to take your master away from you today, don't you?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Don't talk about it.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּגְּשׁ֨וּ בְנֵֽי הַ/נְּבִיאִ֥ים אֲשֶׁר בִּֽ/ירִיחוֹ֮ אֶל אֱלִישָׁע֒ וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֔י/ו הֲ/יָדַ֕עְתָּ כִּ֣י הַ/יּ֗וֹם יְהוָ֛ה לֹקֵ֥חַ אֶת אֲדֹנֶ֖י/ךָ מֵ/עַ֣ל רֹאשֶׁ֑/ךָ וַ/יֹּ֛אמֶר גַּם אֲנִ֥י יָדַ֖עְתִּי הֶחֱשֽׁוּ
English Translation
And the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho approached Elisha and said to him, "Do you know that today the Lord will take your master from over you?" And he said, "I also know; be silent."
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Chapter 2 Context
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Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “...
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3
The sons of the prophets who lived in Bethel came to Elisha and told him, “You do know that the Lord...
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Then Elijah said to him, “Please stay here, Elisha, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho.” He replied...
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Then Elijah said to him, “Please stay here, Elisha, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” He repl...
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Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and hit the water. It divided to the one side and to the other...
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8
When they arrived on the other side, Elijah asked Elisha, “What can I do for you before I'm taken fr...
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9
“What you have asked for is hard,” Elijah responded. “But if you see me when I am taken from you, yo...
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10
As they were walking along, talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire came between them, and Eli...
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11
Elisha saw what happened and cried out, “My father! My father! Look! The chariots and horsemen of Is...
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12
Then Elisha picked up Elijah's cloak that had fallen from him, and went back and stood on the bank o...
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13
He took Elijah's cloak that had fallen from him, hit the water, and cried out, “Where is the Lord, t...
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14
The sons of the prophets who lived in Jericho saw him from the opposite side and shouted out, “Elija...
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15
“Look,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty good men here. Please allow them to go and...
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16
But they went on trying to persuade him until he was too embarrassed to say no. “Go ahead and send t...
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17
When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn't I tell you not to...
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18
The townspeople said to Elisha, “Look, sir, while our town has a good location as you can see, the w...
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19
“Bring me a brand new bowl and put some salt in it,” he replied. So they brought it to him.
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Then Elisha went to the spring, threw the salt into it, and said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I ha...
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21
The water there is still pure to this very day, just as Elisha said it would be.
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22
Elisha went on from there to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, a group of youths came from t...
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Turning around, he looked at them and called down a curse on them in the Lord's name. Suddenly two f...
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Elisha carried on to Mount Carmel, and from there he went back to Samaria.
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