2 Kings 2:6

6 Then Elijah said to him, "Stay here. The LORD has sent me to the Jordan River." Elisha replied, "I won't leave you. And that's just as sure as the LORD and you are alive." So the two of them walked on.

2 Kings 2:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 2:6

And Elijah said unto him, tarry, I pray thee, here
At Jericho, seemingly very desirous to get rid of him, that he might not see his assumption:

for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan:
where passing that he was to be taken up:

and he said,
&c; Elisha swore, as before, he would not leave him:

and they two went on;
to Jordan, which was six miles from Jericho ^F11.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Travels p. 205.

2 Kings 2:6 In-Context

4 Then Elijah said to him, "Stay here, Elisha. The LORD has sent me to Jericho." Elisha replied, "I won't leave you. And that's just as sure as the LORD and you are alive." So they went to Jericho.

5 There was a company of prophets at Jericho. They went up to where Elisha was. They asked him, "Do you know what the LORD is going to do? He's going to take your master away from you today." "Yes, I know," Elisha replied. "But don't talk about it."

6 Then Elijah said to him, "Stay here. The LORD has sent me to the Jordan River." Elisha replied, "I won't leave you. And that's just as sure as the LORD and you are alive." So the two of them walked on.

7 Fifty men from the company of the prophets followed them. The men stopped and stood not far away from them. They faced the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan River.

8 Elijah rolled his coat up. Then he struck the water with it. The water parted to the right and to the left. The two of them went across the river on dry ground.