16
And they said to him, Behold now, with thy servants fifty men of strength: let them go now, and seek thy lord: peradventure the Spirit of the Lord has taken him up, and cast him into Jordan, or on one of the mountains, or on one of the hills. And Elisaie said, Ye shall not send.
17
And they pressed him until he was ashamed; and he said, Send. And they sent fifty men, and sought three days, and found him not.
18
And they returned to him, for he dwelt in Jericho: and Elisaie said, Did I not say to you, Go not?
19
And the men of the city said to Elisaie, Behold, the situation of the city good, as lord sees; but the waters bad, and the ground barren.
20
And Elisaie said, Bring me a new pitcher, and put salt in it. And they took , and brought to him.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.