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

they urged

2 Samuel 18:22,23 Then Achimaas the son of Sadoc said to Joab again: Why might not I also run after Chusai? And Joab said to him: Why wilt thou run, my son? thou wilt not be the bearer of good tidings. . . .

Luke 11:8 Yet if he shall continue knocking, I say to you, although he will not rise and give him because he is his friend; yet, because of his importunity, he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

Romans 10:2 For I bear them witness that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

found him not

Hebrews 11:5 By faith Henoch was translated that he should not see death: and he was not found because God had translated him. For before his translation he had testimony that he pleased God.

Context
Elisha Succeeds Elijah
16And 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. 17But they pressed him, till he consented, and said: Send. And they sent fifty men: and they sought three days, but found him not.18And they came back to him: for he abode at Jericho, and he said to them: Did I not say to you? Do not send.…
Cross References
2 Kings 2:18
And they came back to him: for he abode at Jericho, and he said to them: Did I not say to you? Do not send.

2 Kings 8:11
And he stood with him, and was troubled so far as to blush: and the man of God wept.

Lexicon
But when they pressed
וַיִּפְצְרוּ־ (way·yip̄·ṣə·rū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6484: To peck at, stun, dull

him
ב֥וֹ (ḇōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

to the point of
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

embarrassment,
בֹּ֖שׁ (bōš)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed

he said,
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Send [them].”
שְׁלָ֑חוּ (šə·lā·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

And they sent
וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ (way·yiš·lə·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

fifty
חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים (ḥă·miš·šîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2572: Fifty

men,
אִ֔ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who searched for
וַיְבַקְשׁ֥וּ (way·ḇaq·šū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1245: To search out, to strive after

three
שְׁלֹשָֽׁה־ (šə·lō·šāh-)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice

days
יָמִ֖ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

but did not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

find [Elijah].
מְצָאֻֽהוּ׃ (mə·ṣā·’u·hū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present


Additional Translations
But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

And they pressed him until he was ashamed; and he said, Send. And they sent fifty men, and sought three days, and found him not.

And they pressed him till he was ashamed, and he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men, and they sought three days, but did not find him.

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, "Send them." They sent therefore fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn't find him.

And they press upon him, till he is ashamed, and he saith, 'Send ye;' and they send fifty men, and they seek three days, and have not found him;
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