2 Kings 2:18

18 When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”

2 Kings 2:18 in Other Translations

18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?

18 And they came back to him while he was staying at Jericho, and he said to them, "Did I not say to you, 'Do not go'?"

18 Elisha was still at Jericho when they returned. “Didn’t I tell you not to go?” he asked.

18 Finally, they returned to Elisha in Jericho. He told them, "So there - didn't I tell you?"

18 And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?

18 They returned to Elisha in Jericho, where he was waiting. He said, "Didn't I tell you not to go?"

18 When they returned to him in Jericho where he was staying, he said to them, "Didn't I tell you not to go?"

18 So they returned to Elisha. He was staying in Jericho. Elisha said to them, "Didn't I tell you not to go?"

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 “Look,” they said, “we your servants have fifty able men. Let them go and look for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has picked him up and set him down on some mountain or in some valley.” “No,” Elisha replied, “do not send them.”

17 But they persisted until he was too embarrassed to refuse. So he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find him.

18 When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”

19 The people of the city said to Elisha, “Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive.”

20 “Bring me a new bowl,” he said, “and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him.