2 Kings 2:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The fifty members of the prophetic guild went and stood opposite them at a distance, while Elijah and Elisha stood by the Jordan.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 18:4 : 4 When Jezebel was killing the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.)
  • 1 Kgs 18:13 : 13 Certainly my master is aware of what I did when Jezebel was killing the LORD’s prophets. I hid one hundred of the LORD’s prophets in two caves in two groups of fifty and I brought them food and water.
  • 2 Kgs 2:17 : 17 But they were so insistent, he became embarrassed. So he said,“Send them out.” They sent the fifty men out and they looked for three days, but could not find Elijah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 2:8-9
    2 verses
    83%

    8Elijah took his cloak, folded it up, and hit the water with it. The water divided, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

    9When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha,“What can I do for you, before I am taken away from you?” Elisha answered,“May I receive a double portion of the prophetic spirit that energizes you.”

  • 2 Kgs 2:1-6
    6 verses
    82%

    1Elijah Makes a Swift Departure Just before the LORD took Elijah up to heaven in a windstorm, Elijah and Elisha were traveling from Gilgal.

    2Elijah told Elisha,“Stay here, for the LORD has sent me to Bethel.” But Elisha said,“As certainly as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

    3Some members of the prophetic guild in Bethel came out to Elisha and said,“Do you know that today the LORD is going to take your master from you?” He answered,“Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

    4Elijah said to him,“Elisha, stay here, for the LORD has sent me to Jericho.” But he replied,“As certainly as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.

    5Some members of the prophetic guild in Jericho approached Elisha and said,“Do you know that today the LORD is going to take your master from you?” He answered,“Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

    6Elijah said to him,“Stay here, for the LORD has sent me to the Jordan.” But he replied,“As certainly as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they traveled on together.

  • 2 Kgs 2:11-16
    6 verses
    80%

    11As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a fiery chariot pulled by fiery horses appeared. They went between Elijah and Elisha, and Elijah went up to heaven in a windstorm.

    12While Elisha was watching, he was crying out,“My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!” Then he could no longer see him. He grabbed his clothes and tore them in two.

    13He picked up Elijah’s cloak, which had fallen off him, and went back and stood on the shore of the Jordan.

    14He took the cloak that had fallen off Elijah, hit the water with it, and said,“Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” When he hit the water, it divided and Elisha crossed over.

    15When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho, who were standing at a distance, saw him do this, they said,“The spirit that energized Elijah rests upon Elisha.” They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

    16They said to him,“Look, there are fifty capable men with your servants. Let them go and look for your master, for the wind sent from the LORD may have carried him away and dropped him on one of the hills or in one of the valleys.” But Elisha replied,“Don’t send them out.”

  • 2 Kgs 6:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Elisha Makes an Ax Head Float Some of the prophets said to Elisha,“Look, the place where we meet with you is too cramped for us.

    2Let’s go to the Jordan. Each of us will get a log from there and we will build a meeting place for ourselves there.” He said,“Go.”

  • 1 Kgs 17:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2The LORD’s message came to him:

    3“Leave here and travel eastward. Hide out in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.

  • 1 Kgs 17:5
    71%

    5So he carried out the LORD’s message; he went and lived in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan.

  • 2 Kgs 1:13-15
    3 verses
    69%

    13The king sent a third captain and his fifty soldiers. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. He begged for mercy,“Prophet, please have respect for my life and for the lives of these fifty servants of yours.

    14Indeed, fire came down from the sky and consumed the two captains who came before me, along with their men. So now, please have respect for my life.”

    15The LORD’s angel said to Elijah,“Go down with him. Don’t be afraid of him.” So he got up and went down with him to the king.

  • 1 Kgs 18:6
    69%

    6They divided up the land between them to search it; Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went the other way by himself.

  • 1 Kgs 19:19
    69%

    19Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen; he was near the twelfth pair. Elijah passed by him and threw his robe over him.

  • Josh 3:13-17
    5 verses
    69%

    13When the feet of the priests carrying the ark of the LORD, the Lord of the whole earth, touch the water of the Jordan, the water coming downstream toward you will stop flowing and pile up.”

    14So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.

    15When the ones carrying the ark reached the Jordan and the feet of the priests carrying the ark touched the surface of the water–(the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest time)–

    16the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. It piled up far upstream at Adam(the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the rift valley(the Salt Sea). The people crossed the river opposite Jericho.

    17The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan. All Israel crossed over on dry ground until the entire nation was on the other side.

  • 2 Kgs 1:9
    69%

    9The king sent a captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. The captain went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill. He told him,“Prophet, the king says,‘Come down!’”

  • 1 Kgs 13:12
    68%

    12Their father asked them,“Which road did he take?” His sons showed him the road the prophet from Judah had taken.

  • Dan 12:5
    68%

    5I, Daniel, watched as two others stood there, one on each side of the river.

  • 2 Kgs 6:4
    68%

    4So he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they started cutting down trees.

  • 2 Kgs 7:15
    68%

    15So they tracked them as far as the Jordan. The road was filled with clothes and equipment that the Syrians had discarded in their haste. The scouts went back and told the king.

  • 2 Kgs 2:18
    68%

    18When they came back, Elisha was staying in Jericho. He said to them,“Didn’t I tell you,‘Don’t go’?”

  • 2 Kgs 3:11
    68%

    11Jehoshaphat asked,“Is there no prophet of the LORD here that we might seek the LORD’s direction?” One of the servants of the king of Israel answered,“Elisha son of Shapat is here; he used to be Elijah’s servant.”

  • 1 Kgs 22:6
    68%

    6So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them,“Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” They said,“Attack! The Sovereign One will hand it over to the king.”

  • 1 Kgs 18:46
    68%

    46Now the LORD energized Elijah with power; he tucked his robe into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

  • 2 Kgs 6:20
    68%

    20When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said,“O LORD, open their eyes, so they can see.” The LORD opened their eyes and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 18:40
    68%

    40Elijah told them,“Seize the prophets of Baal! Don’t let even one of them escape!” So they seized them, and Elijah led them down to the Kishon Valley and executed them there.

  • Josh 2:23
    68%

    23Then the two men returned– they came down from the hills, crossed the river, came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered.

  • Josh 3:8
    68%

    8Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenant,‘When you reach the bank of the Jordan River, wade into the water.’”

  • 1 Kgs 18:43
    67%

    43He told his servant,“Go on up and look in the direction of the sea.” So he went on up, looked, and reported,“There is nothing.” Seven times Elijah sent him to look.

  • 2 Kgs 9:1
    67%

    1Jehu Becomes King Now Elisha the prophet summoned a member of the prophetic guild and told him,“Tuck your robes into your belt, take this container of olive oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead.

  • 2 Kgs 2:25
    67%

    25From there he traveled to Mount Carmel and then back to Samaria.

  • Judg 3:28
    67%

    28He said to them,“Follow me, for the LORD is about to defeat your enemies, the Moabites!” They followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Moab, and did not let anyone cross.

  • 2 Kgs 1:7
    67%

    7The king asked them,“Describe the appearance of this man who came up to meet you and told you these things.”

  • 2 Kgs 1:11
    67%

    11The king sent another captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. He went up and told him,“Prophet, this is what the king says,‘Come down at once!’”

  • 1 Kgs 18:22
    67%

    22Elijah said to them:“I am the only prophet of the LORD who is left, but there are 450 prophets of Baal.

  • Josh 2:7
    67%

    7Meanwhile the king’s men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River near the fords. The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them.