2 Kings 2:18

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When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, 'Didn't I tell you not to go?'

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  • 2 Kgs 2:4-6
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    4Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me to Jericho." But Elisha replied, "As the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went to Jericho.

    5The sons of the prophets who were in Jericho approached Elisha and said to him, "Do you know that today the LORD is going to take your master away from you?" He answered, "Yes, I know it. Be quiet."

    6Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me to the Jordan." But Elisha replied, "As the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So the two of them went on.

  • 2 Kgs 2:15-17
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    15The company of the prophets from Jericho saw him from a distance and said, 'The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha.' And they went to meet him and bowed to the ground before him.

    16They said to him, 'Look, we have fifty able men among your servants. Let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has picked him up and set him down on some mountain or in some valley.' But Elisha replied, 'Do not send them.'

    17But they persisted until he was too ashamed to refuse. So he said, 'Send them.' And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find him.

  • 2 Kgs 6:18-20
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    18As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, "Please strike this army with blindness." So He struck them with blindness, as Elisha had requested.

    19Then Elisha said to them, "This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you are looking for." And he led them to Samaria.

    20When they entered Samaria, Elisha said, "LORD, open the eyes of these men so they can see." The LORD opened their eyes, and they looked and realized they were inside Samaria.

  • 2 Kgs 1:5-7
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    5When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, 'Why have you returned?'

    6They answered, 'A man came to meet us and said, "Go back to the king who sent you and tell him: This is what the LORD says: 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, you will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will surely die.'"'

    7The king asked them, 'What kind of man was it who came to meet you and told you this?'

  • 2 Kgs 2:19-22
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    19The people of the city said to Elisha, 'Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad, and the land is unproductive.'

    20Elisha said, 'Bring me a new bowl and put salt in it.' So they brought it to him.

    21Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, 'This is what the LORD says: I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.'

    22And the water has remained pure to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.

  • 2 Kgs 2:2
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    2Elijah said to Elisha, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me to Bethel." But Elisha replied, "As the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went to Bethel.

  • 2 Kgs 6:13
    72%

    13So the king said, "Go and see where he is, so I can send men to capture him." When he was told, "He is in Dothan,"

  • 1 Kgs 13:9-10
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    9'For this is the command the LORD gave me by His word: You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.'

    10So he went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.

  • 1 Kgs 13:17
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    17'For I was commanded by the word of the LORD: You must not eat bread or drink water there, nor return by the way you went.'

  • 1 Kgs 13:21-22
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    21and he cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, 'This is what the LORD says: Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you,

    22'but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to eat or drink, your body will not be buried in the tomb of your ancestors.'

  • 2 Kgs 2:25
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    25From there, he went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.

  • 2 Kgs 8:14
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    14Then Hazael left Elisha and returned to his master, who asked him, "What did Elisha say to you?" Hazael replied, "He told me that you will certainly recover."

  • 1 Kgs 20:9
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    9So he replied to Ben-Hadad's messengers, 'Tell my lord the king: I will do what you originally demanded of me, but this I cannot do.' The messengers left and reported back to Ben-Hadad.

  • 2 Kgs 5:25-26
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    25When Gehazi went inside and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, 'Where have you been, Gehazi?' He answered, 'Your servant didn’t go anywhere.'

    26But Elisha said to him, 'Was my spirit not with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to take money or accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, cattle, male servants, and female servants?'

  • 2 Chr 18:17
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    17The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, 'Didn't I tell you that he never prophesies anything good about me, but only bad?'

  • 1 Kgs 18:43
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    43Then he said to his servant, "Go and look toward the sea." So he went and looked and said, "There is nothing." Seven times Elijah told him, "Go back."

  • Mark 8:26
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    26Jesus sent him home, saying, 'Don’t even go into the village.'

  • 1 Kgs 13:12
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    12Their father asked them, 'Which way did he go?' His sons showed him the road the man of God from Judah had taken.

  • 1 Kgs 22:18
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    18The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, 'Didn’t I tell you that he never prophesies anything good about me, only bad?'

  • 1 Kgs 17:2
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    2And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

  • 1 Kgs 19:20
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    20Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, 'Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.' Elijah said to him, 'Go back, for what have I done to you?'

  • 2 Kgs 5:19
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    19'Go in peace,' Elisha said. So Naaman departed and traveled some distance.

  • 2 Kgs 9:20
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    20The watchman reported, 'He has reached them, but he has not returned. The driving is like that of Jehu son of Nimshi—he drives furiously!'

  • Matt 21:30
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    30The man then went to the second son and said the same thing. He answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go.

  • 2 Kgs 6:2-3
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    2Let us go to the Jordan, and let each of us take a log from there, and let us build a place for us to live there. And he said, "Go."

    3Then one of them said, "Please come with your servants." And he answered, "I will go."

  • 1 Kgs 18:11
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    11Now you tell me, 'Go and say to your master, Elijah is here!'

  • 2 Kgs 6:9-10
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    9But the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: "Be careful not to pass this place, because the Arameans are going down there."

    10So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had warned him about. Over time, he was careful there, not just once or twice.

  • 2 Kgs 3:8
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    8Jehoram asked, "Which route shall we take?" And Jehoshaphat answered, "Through the wilderness of Edom."

  • 1 Kgs 13:14
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    14He went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, 'Are you the man of God who came from Judah?' He replied, 'I am.'

  • 2 Kgs 8:10
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    10Elisha said to him, "Go and say to him, 'You will certainly recover,' but the LORD has shown me that he will surely die."

  • 1 Kgs 17:8
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    8Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 9:18
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    18So a horseman went out to meet them and said, 'This is what the king says: Do you come in peace?' Jehu replied, 'What do you have to do with peace? Fall in behind me.' And the watchman reported, 'The messenger reached them but has not returned.'

  • 2 Kgs 6:22
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    22Elisha answered, "Do not kill them. Would you kill those you have captured with your sword or bow? Set food and water before them so they can eat and drink and then return to their master."

  • 2 Kgs 4:29
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    29Elisha said to Gehazi, 'Tuck your cloak into your belt, take my staff, and go. If you meet anyone, do not greet them, and if anyone greets you, do not answer. Lay my staff on the boy's face.'