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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Gill's Exposition
And when they urged him until he was ashamed,.... To deny them any longer, being so very pressing and importunate:
he said, send; lest they should think he had not the respect for his master he…
Barnes' Notes
Compare the marginal references. The words “cast him upon some mountain,” rather imply that they expected to find the prophet alive.
Adam Clarke
Fifty strong men - Probably the same fifty who are mentioned Kg2 2:7, and who saw Elijah taken up in the whirlwind.
Cast him upon some mountain - Though they saw him taken up towards heaven, yet they…
We have here an account of what followed immediately after the translation of Elijah.
I. The tokens of God's presence with Elisha, and the marks of his elevation into Elijah's room, to be, as he had…
Cambridge Bible
there be with thy servants fifty strong men Doubtless some from among the company of the prophets are meant. In chapter 2Ki 4:1-4 they are described as men equal to the labour of telling trees, and…
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