2 Kings 2:17

World English Bible (2000)

When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, "Send them." They sent therefore fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn't find him.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 8:11 : 11 He settled his gaze steadfastly [on him], until he was ashamed. Then the man of God wept.
  • Luke 11:8 : 8 I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
  • Rom 10:2 : 2 For I testify about them 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 wouldn't see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.
  • 2 Sam 18:22-23 : 22 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, "But come what may, please let me also run after the Cushite." Joab said, "Why do you want to run, my son, since that you will have no reward for the news?" 23 "But come what may," he said, "I will run." He said to him, "Run!" Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 2:16
    85%

    16They said to him, "See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. Perhaps the Spirit of Yahweh has taken him up, and put him on some mountain, or into some valley. He said, "You shall not send them."

  • 2 Kgs 2:18
    75%

    18They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, "Didn't I tell you, 'Don't go?'"

  • Josh 2:22
    73%

    22They went, and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had returned. The pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but didn't find them.

  • 2 Kgs 6:13
    73%

    13He said, "Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him." It was told him, saying, "Behold, he is in Dothan."

  • Josh 2:16
    72%

    16She said to them, "Go to the mountain, lest the pursuers find you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers have returned. Afterward, you may go your way."

  • 1 Sam 10:22
    71%

    22Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, "Is there yet a man to come here?" Yahweh answered, "Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage."

  • 2 Kgs 1:5-7
    3 verses
    71%

    5The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, "Why is it that you have returned?"

    6They said to him, "A man came up to meet us, and said to us, 'Go, return to the king who sent you, and tell him, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.'"'"

    7He 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%

    13Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, "Man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in your sight.

  • 1 Sam 9:4
    70%

    4He passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they didn't find them: then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and there they weren't there: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they didn't find them.

  • 1 Kgs 13:12
    70%

    12Their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" Now his sons had seen which way the man of God went, who came from Judah.

  • Gen 37:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14He said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

    15A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, "What are you looking for?"

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

    9He said, "Wherein have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?

    10As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you. When they said, 'He is not here,' he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they didn't find you.

    11Now you say, 'Go, tell your lord, "Behold, Elijah is here."'

    12It will happen, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you I don't know where; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can't find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared Yahweh from my youth.

  • 2 Kgs 4:22
    70%

    22She called to her husband, and said, "Please send me one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God, and come again."

  • 1 Chr 19:5
    70%

    5Then there went certain persons, and told David how the men were served. He sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, "Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return."

  • 2 Sam 10:5
    70%

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

  • 2 Kgs 1:9
    70%

    9Then [the king] sent a captain of fifty with his fifty to him. He went up to him; and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. He said to him, "Man of God, the king has said, 'Come down!'"

  • Josh 2:5
    69%

    5It happened about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out. Where the men went, I don't know. Pursue them quickly; for you will overtake them."

  • 1 Sam 10:2
    69%

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

  • 1 Sam 17:31
    69%

    31When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.

  • 1 Kgs 20:37
    68%

    37Then he found another man, and said, "Please strike me." The man struck him, smiting and wounding him.

  • 1 Kgs 13:14
    68%

    14He went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak. He said to him, "Are you the man of God who came from Judah?" He said, "I am."

  • 1 Sam 25:12
    68%

    12So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.

  • 2 Kgs 1:11
    68%

    11Again he sent to him another captain of fifty and his fifty. He answered him, "Man of God, the king has said, 'Come down quickly!'"

  • 2 Kgs 6:19
    68%

    19Elisha 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." He led them to Samaria.

  • Luke 2:45
    68%

    45When they didn't find him, they returned to Jerusalem, looking for him.

  • 1 Kgs 18:43
    68%

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

  • 1 Sam 11:3
    68%

    3The elders of Jabesh said to him, "Give us seven day, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you."

  • 2 Sam 17:20
    68%

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

  • 2 Kgs 2:2
    68%

    2Elijah said to Elisha, "Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me as far as Bethel." Elisha said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel.

  • 1 Kgs 19:20
    68%

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

  • Luke 19:32
    68%

    32Those who were sent went away, and found things just as he had told them.

  • Gen 37:17
    67%

    17The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

  • 1 Kgs 19:3
    67%

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

  • 2 Kgs 2:6
    67%

    6Elijah said to him, "Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me to the Jordan." He said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you." They both went on.

  • 1 Sam 9:12
    67%

    12They answered them, and said, "He is. Behold, he is before you. Hurry now, for he has come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice 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 went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked, "Where are Samuel and David?" One said, "Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah."

  • 2 Kgs 7:14
    67%

    14They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the army of the Syrians, saying, "Go and see."