KJV King James Version
And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
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2 Kings 2:18
And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”
WEB World English Bible
They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go?’”
ASV American Standard Version
And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they turn back unto him—and he is abiding in Jericho—and he saith unto them, ‘Did I not say unto you, Do not go?’
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 2
15 And when the sons of the prophets which [were] to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
16 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.
17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city [is] pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water [is] naught, and the ground barren.
20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought [it] to him.
21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren [land].
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וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּH7725 · shuvto return: returnאֵלָ֔יוH413 · elto(wards)וְה֖וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itיֹשֵׁ֣בH3427 · ya.shavto dwellבִּירִיח֑וֹH3405 · ye.ri.choJerichoוַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאֲלֵהֶ֔םH413 · elto(wards)הֲלֽוֹא־H3808 · lonotאָמַ֥רְתִּיH559 · a.marto sayאֲלֵיכֶ֖םH413 · elto(wards)אַל־H408 · alnotתֵּלֵֽכוּ׃H1980 · ha.lakhto go: went
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