King James Version
2 Kings 2:18 in the King James Version says “And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?”
2 Kings 2:18 · KJV
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. strong: Heb. sons of strength some mountain: Heb. one of the mountains
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.
And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
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. barren: Heb. causing to miscarry
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And when they came again”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“to him (for he tarried”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
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