列王纪下 2:7

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

先知門徒中有五十人跟著他們，遠遠地站在他們對面；他們二人在約旦河河邊站著。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
有 先 知 门 徒 去 了 五 十 人 ， 远 远 地 站 在 他 们 对 面 ； 二 人 在 约 但 河 边 站 住 。

Contextual Overview

¹ It was almost time for the Lord to take Elijah by a whirlwind up into heaven. While Elijah and Elisha were leaving Gilgal, ² Elijah said to Elisha, "Please stay here. The Lord has told me to go to Bethel." But Elisha said, "As the Lord lives, and as you live, I won't leave you." So they went down to Bethel. ³ The groups of prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, "Do you know the Lord will take your master away from you today?" Elisha said, "Yes, I know, but don't talk about it." ⁴ Elijah said to him, "Stay here, Elisha, because the Lord has sent me to Jericho." But Elisha said, "As the Lord lives, and as you live, I won't leave you." So they went to Jericho. ⁵ The groups of prophets at Jericho came to Elisha and said, "Do you know that the Lord will take your master away from you today?" Elisha answered, "Yes, I know, but don't talk about it." ⁶ Elijah said to Elisha, "Stay here. The Lord has sent me to the Jordan River." Elisha answered, "As the Lord lives, and as you live, I won't leave you." So the two of them went on. ⁷ Fifty men of the groups of prophets came and stood far from where Elijah and Elisha were by the Jordan. ⁸ Elijah took off his coat, rolled it up, and hit the water. The water divided to the right and to the left, and Elijah and Elisha crossed over on dry ground.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fifty men: 2 Kings 2:17, 1 Kings 18:4, 1 Kings 18:13

to view afar off: Heb. in sight, or over against

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 20:35 - of the sons 2 Kings 2:3 - And the sons 2 Kings 2:15 - to view Amos 7:14 - neither Revelation 11:12 - and their

Cross-References

Genesis 2:14
The third river, named Tigris, flows out of Assyria toward the east. The fourth river is the Euphrates.

Genesis 2:15
The Lord God put the man in the garden of Eden to care for it and work it.

Genesis 2:20
The man gave names to all the tame animals, to the birds in the sky, and to all the wild animals. But Adam did not find a helper that was right for him.

Genesis 2:21
So the Lord God caused the man to sleep very deeply, and while he was asleep, God removed one of the man's ribs. Then God closed up the man's skin at the place where he took the rib.

Genesis 3:23
So the Lord God forced Adam out of the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 7:22
So everything on dry land that had the breath of life in it died.

Numbers 16:22
But Moses and Aaron bowed facedown and cried out, "God, you are the God over the spirits of all people. Please don't be angry with this whole group. Only one man has really sinned."

Numbers 27:16
"The Lord is the God of the spirits of all people. May he choose a leader for these people,

Job 4:19
So he puts even more blame on people who live in clay houses, whose foundations are made of dust, who can be crushed like a moth.

Job 27:3
as long as I am alive and God's breath of life is in my nose,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off,.... To have a view, if they could, of the assumption of Elijah to heaven, and be witnesses of it:

and they two stood by Jordan; on the banks of it, even Elijah and Elisha.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Fifty men of the sons of the prophets - We see by this how large were the prophetical schools. It is implied that the “fifty” were only a portion of the school of Jericho. They ascended the abrupt heights behind the town, from where they would command a view of the whole course of the river and of the opposite bank for many miles.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 2:7. Fifty men of the sons of the prophets — They fully expected this extraordinary event, and they could have known it only from Elijah himself, or by a direct revelation from God.