Lièwángjìxià 2:17

17 Tāmen zaì sān cuīcù tā , tā nányǐ tuīcí , jiù shuō , nǐmen dǎfa rén qù bā . tāmen biàn dǎfa wǔ shí rén qù , xúnzhǎo le sān tiān , yĕ méiyǒu zhǎo zhe .

Lièwángjìxià 2:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 2:17

And when they urged him until he was ashamed
To deny them any longer, being so very pressing and importunate:

he said, send;
lest they should think he had not the respect for his master he should have had; or was so fond of his office, that he did not choose he should be found alive if he could, and return and reassume it:

they sent therefore fifty men;
some one way, and some another:

and they sought three days, but found him not;
and then returned.

Lièwángjìxià 2:17 In-Context

15 Zhù Yēlìgē de xiānzhī méntǔ cóng duìmiàn kànjian tā , jiù shuō , gǎndòng Yǐlìyà de líng gǎndòng Yǐlìshā le . tāmen jiù lái yíngjiē tā , zaì tā miànqián fǔfú yú dì ,

16 Duì tā shuō , púrén men zhèlǐ yǒu wǔ shí gè zhuàngshì , qiú nǐ róng tāmen qù xúnzhǎo nǐ shīfu , huòzhĕ Yēhéhuá de líng jiāng tā tí qǐlai , tóu zaì mǒu shān mǒu gǔ . Yǐlìshā shuō , nǐmen bù bì dǎfa rén qù .

17 Tāmen zaì sān cuīcù tā , tā nányǐ tuīcí , jiù shuō , nǐmen dǎfa rén qù bā . tāmen biàn dǎfa wǔ shí rén qù , xúnzhǎo le sān tiān , yĕ méiyǒu zhǎo zhe .

18 Yǐlìshā réngrán zaì Yēlìgē dĕnghòu tāmen huí dào Tānàli . tā duì tāmen shuō , wǒ qǐ méiyǒu gàosu nǐmen bù bì qù ma .

19 Yēlìgē chéng de rén duì Yǐlìshā shuō , zhè chéng de dì shì mĕihǎo , wǒ zhǔ kànjian le . zhǐshì shuǐ è liè , tǔchǎn bù shóu ér luō .