2 Kings 2:4
Ver. 4. And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee,.... At Bethel:
for the Lord hath sent me to Jericho; to the school of the prophets there, to strengthen, encourage, and advise them:
and he said, as the lord liveth, &c; using the same form of oath as before:
so they came to Jericho; together, which, as the above writer says {i}, was four miles from Bethel.
{i} Travels, &c. p. 205.