2 Kings 2:16-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 They said, “Among your servants are fifty brave men. Let them go in search of your master. Perhaps the spirit of the Lord has lifted him up and left him on some mountain or in some valley.” He answered, “Do not send them.”(A) 17 But they kept urging him, until he was embarrassed and said, “Send them.” So they sent the fifty men, who searched for three days without finding him.(B) 18 When they returned to Elisha in Jericho, where he was staying, he said to them, “Did I not tell you not to go?”
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