◄ 2 Kings 2:7 ►
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Good News Translation
and fifty of the prophets followed them to the Jordan. Elijah and Elisha stopped by the river, and the fifty prophets stood a short distance away.

New Revised Standard Version
Fifty men of the company of prophets also went, and stood at some distance from them, as they both were standing by the Jordan.

Contemporary English Version
Fifty prophets followed Elijah and Elisha from Jericho, then stood at a distance and watched as the two men walked toward the river.

New American Bible
Fifty of the guild prophets followed and stood facing them at a distance, while the two of them stood next to the Jordan.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And fifty men, of the sons of the prophets, followed them, and stood in sight, at a distance: but they two stood by the Jordan.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And fifty men, of the sons of the prophets, followed them, and stood in sight, at a distance: but they two stood by the Jordan.

fifty men

2 Kings 2:17 But they pressed him, till he consented, and said: Send. And they sent fifty men: and they sought three days, but found him not.

1 Kings 18:4,13 For when Jezabel killed the prophets of the Lord, he took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty and fifty in caves, and fed them with bread and water. . . .

Context
Elijah Taken to Heaven
…6And Elias said to him: Stay here, because the Lord hath sent me as far as the Jordan. And he said: as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on together. 7And fifty men, of the sons of the prophets, followed them, and stood in sight, at a distance: but they two stood by the Jordan.8And Elias took his mantle, and folded it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, and they both passed over on dry ground.…
Cross References
2 Kings 2:15
And the sons of the prophets, at Jericho, who were over against him, seeing it, said: The spirit of Elias hath rested upon Eliseus. And coming to meet him, they worshipped him, falling to the ground.

2 Kings 2:16
And they said to him: Behold, there are with thy servants, fifty strong men, that can go, and seek thy master, lest, perhaps, the spirit of the Lord, hath taken him up and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said: Do not send.

2 Kings 2:6
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