Melachim Bais 2:16-18

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹⁶ And they said unto him, Hinei now, there be among thy avadim chamishim anashim bnei chayil (fifty able-bodied men); let them go, now, and look for thy adon; perhaps the Ruach Hashem hath taken him up, and set him down [See Ac 8:39-40 OJBC] upon one of the harim, or in one of the geya’ot (valleys). And he said, Ye shall not send.

¹⁷ And when they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore chamishim ish; and they searched shloshah yamim, but found him not.

¹⁸ And when they returned to him (for he tarried at Yericho), he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?