2 Kings 2:16-18

EasyEnglish Bible

¹⁶ They said to him, ‘Please, sir! We are your servants. We have 50 strong men with us. Let them go and look for your master. Perhaps the Spirit^[a] of the Lord has carried him away. Maybe it has dropped him somewhere on a mountain or in a valley.’ But Elisha replied, ‘No. Do not send them to look for him.’

¹⁷ But the prophets asked him many times to do this. Elisha was too ashamed to refuse. So he said, ‘Send them to look.’ They sent 50 men who looked for Elijah for three days. But they did not find him. ¹⁸ When they returned, Elisha was waiting for them in Jericho. He said to them, ‘I told you not to go and look for Elijah.’