2 Kings 2:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but did not find him.

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  • 2 Kgs 8:11 : 11 And he fixed his gaze steadily, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.
  • Luke 11:8 : 8 I say to you, Though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.
  • Rom 10:2 : 2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
  • Heb 11:5 : 5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death; and was not found, because God had taken him: for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
  • 2 Sam 18:22-23 : 22 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, But however, let me, I pray you, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Why will you run, my son, seeing that you have no news ready? 23 But however, he said, let me run. And he said to him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and outran Cushi.

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  • 2 Kgs 2:16
    85%

    16And they said to him, Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek your master: lest perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, You shall not send.

  • 2 Kgs 2:18
    75%

    18And when they came again to him, (for he waited at Jericho,) he said to them, Did I not say to you, Do not go?

  • Josh 2:22
    73%

    22And they went, and came unto the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

  • 2 Kgs 6:13
    73%

    13And he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and bring him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

  • Josh 2:16
    72%

    16And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers return: and afterward you may go your way.

  • 1 Sam 10:22
    71%

    22Therefore they inquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come there. And the LORD answered, Behold, he has hidden himself among the equipment.

  • 2 Kgs 1:5-7
    3 verses
    71%

    5And when the messengers returned to him, he said to them, Why have you returned?

    6And they said to him, A man came up to meet us, and said to us, Go, return to the king who sent you, and say to him, Thus says the LORD, Is it not because there is no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but shall surely die.

    7And he said to them, What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and told you these words?

  • 2 Kgs 1:13
    71%

    13And he sent again a captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and pleaded with him, and said to him, O man of God, I pray you, let my life, and the life of these fifty servants of yours, be precious in your sight.

  • 1 Sam 9:4
    70%

    4And he passed through the mountains of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they did not find them: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and they were not there: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they did not find them.

  • 1 Kgs 13:12
    70%

    12And their father said to them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, who came from Judah.

  • Gen 37:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14And he said to him, Go, I pray you, see if it is well with your brothers, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

    15And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What are you looking for?

  • 1 Kgs 18:9-12
    4 verses
    70%

    9And he said, What have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me?

    10As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you: and when they said, He is not there; he made the kingdom and nation swear that they did not find you.

    11And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here.

    12And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry you where I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he shall slay me: but I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth.

  • 2 Kgs 4:22
    70%

    22And she called to her husband, and said, Send me, I pray you, one of the young men, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.

  • 1 Chr 19:5
    70%

    5Then certain people went and told David how the men were treated. And he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.

  • 2 Sam 10:5
    70%

    5When they told David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.

  • 2 Kgs 1:9
    70%

    9Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he sat on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him, Man of God, the king has said, Come down.

  • Josh 2:5
    69%

    5And it came to pass about the time of closing the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: where the men went I do not know: pursue after them quickly; for you shall overtake them.

  • 1 Sam 10:2
    69%

    2When you depart from me today, then you will find two men by Rachel's tomb in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The donkeys which you went to seek are found: and, behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and worries about you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

  • 1 Sam 17:31
    69%

    31When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him.

  • 1 Kgs 20:37
    68%

    37Then he found another man, and said, Strike me, I pray you. And the man struck him, so that in striking he wounded him.

  • 1 Kgs 13:14
    68%

    14And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said to him, Are you the man of God that came from Judah? And he said, I am.

  • 1 Sam 25:12
    68%

    12So David's young men turned away, and went back, and came and told him all these words.

  • 2 Kgs 1:11
    68%

    11Again he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said to him, O man of God, thus says the king, Come down quickly.

  • 2 Kgs 6:19
    68%

    19And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek. But he led them to Samaria.

  • Luke 2:45
    68%

    45And when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking him.

  • 1 Kgs 18:43
    68%

    43And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.

  • 1 Sam 11:3
    68%

    3And the elders of Jabesh said to him, "Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers throughout all the territory of Israel, and then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you."

  • 2 Sam 17:20
    68%

    20And when Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 2:2
    68%

    2And Elijah said to Elisha, Stay here, I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said to him, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel.

  • 1 Kgs 19:20
    68%

    20And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. And he said to him, Go back again, for what have I done to you?

  • Luke 19:32
    68%

    32And those who were sent went their way and found it just as he had said to them.

  • Gen 37:17
    67%

    17And the man said, They have departed from here; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

  • 1 Kgs 19:3
    67%

    3And when he saw that, he arose, and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

  • 2 Kgs 2:6
    67%

    6And Elijah said to him, Stay here, I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And they both went on.

  • 1 Sam 9:12
    67%

    12And they answered them and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came today to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people today in the high place.

  • 1 Sam 16:19
    67%

    19Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.

  • 1 Sam 19:22
    67%

    22Then he himself went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Sechu; and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And someone said, Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.

  • 2 Kgs 7:14
    67%

    14So they took two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.