2 Kings 2:17-19

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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.

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?

¹⁹ And the men of the city said to Eliseus: Behold the situation of this city is very good, as thou, my lord, seest: but the waters are very bad, and the ground barren.