2 Reis 2:16

16 “Olha, nós, teus servos, temos cinquenta homens fortes. Deixa-os sair à procura do teu mestre. Talvez o Espírito do SENHOR o tenha levado e deixado em algum monte ou em algum vale”.Respondeu Eliseu: “Não mandem ninguém”.

2 Reis 2:16 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 2:16

And they said unto him, behold, now, there be with thy
servants fifty strong men
Perhaps meaning themselves, ( 2 Kings 2:7 ) who were young, stout, and strong, and able to travel for days together:

let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master;
for though they knew he was to be taken away, yet knew not for what time, and imagined he might be found again:

lest peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up;
as it seems he was wont to do, see ( 1 Kings 18:12 )

and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley;
where he sometimes had his abode; or they might fancy, if he was taken up to heaven, yet in his soul only, and that, when that was separated, his dead body would be left on a mountain, or in a valley; and therefore they were desirous of seeking and finding it, that it might not be exposed to birds and beasts of prey, but that they might bury it in a decent and honourable manner:

and he said, ye shall not send;
he knew it was to no purpose, since he was translated to heaven, body and soul, and which he was an eyewitness of.

2 Reis 2:16 In-Context

14 Então bateu nas águas do rio com o manto e perguntou: “Onde está agora o SENHOR, o Deus de Elias?” Tendo batido nas águas, elas se dividiram e ele atravessou.

15 Quando os discípulos dos profetas, vindos de Jericó, viram isso, disseram: “O espírito profético de Elias repousa sobre Eliseu”. Então foram ao seu encontro, prostraram-se diante dele e disseram:

16 “Olha, nós, teus servos, temos cinquenta homens fortes. Deixa-os sair à procura do teu mestre. Talvez o Espírito do SENHOR o tenha levado e deixado em algum monte ou em algum vale”.Respondeu Eliseu: “Não mandem ninguém”.

17 Mas eles insistiram até que, constrangido, consentiu: “Podem mandar os homens”. E mandaram cinquenta homens, que procuraram Elias por três dias, mas não o encontraram.

18 Quando voltaram a Eliseu, que tinha ficado em Jericó, ele lhes falou: “Não disse a vocês que não fossem?”