2 Kings 2:18

When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?

World English Bible

They came back to him while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?”

American Standard Version

And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho; and he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore they returned to him, (for he taryed at Iericho) and he said vnto them, Did not I say vnto you, Goe not?

Darby Translation

And they came again to him (now he was staying at Jericho); and he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?

Young's Literal Translation

and they turn back unto him — and he is abiding in Jericho — and he saith unto them, 'Did I not say unto you, Do not go?'

Bible in Basic English

And they came back to him, while he was still at Jericho; and he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?

In context

17But 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.

19Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”

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