2 Kings 2:18

18 On returning to him where he was waiting in Yericho, he said to them, "I told you not to go, didn't I?"

2 Kings 2:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 2:18

And when they came again to him, for he tarried at Jericho,
&c.] Waiting their return to hear the report they made: which when they had,

he said unto them, did I not say unto you, go not?
assuring them it would be fruitless, and to no purpose; though this search of theirs served both to confirm the assumption of Elijah, and the truth of Elisha being a prophet of the Lord.

2 Kings 2:18 In-Context

16 and said to him, "Here now, your servants include fifty strong men. Please let them go and look for your master, in the event that the Spirit of ADONAI has taken him up and set him down on some mountain or in some valley." He answered, "Don't send them."

17 But they kept pressing him until finally, embarrassed, he said to send them. So they sent fifty men. For three days they searched, but they didn't find him.

18 On returning to him where he was waiting in Yericho, he said to them, "I told you not to go, didn't I?"

19 The men of the city said to Elisha, "My lord can see that this is a pleasant city to live in; but the water is bad, so that the ground is causing miscarriages."

20 "Bring me a new jug," he said, "and put salt in it." They brought it to him.