2 Kings 2:16-18

New International Reader's Version

¹⁶ “Look,” they said. “We have 50 capable men. Let them go and look for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the Lord has lifted him up. Maybe he has put him down on a mountain or in a valley.”

“No,” Elisha replied. “Don’t send them.”

¹⁷ But they kept asking until he felt he couldn’t say no. So he said, “Send them.” And they sent 50 men. They looked for Elijah for three days. But they didn’t find him. ¹⁸ So they returned to Elisha. He was staying in Jericho. Elisha said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”