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Elberfelder Bibel
2 Könige 2:7
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- CondensedParallel Translations
Und fünfzig Mann von den Prophetensöhnen gingen hin und stellten sich abseits in einiger Entfernung auf, während diese beiden am Jordan standen.
Aber fünfzig Männer unter der Propheten Kindern gingen hin und traten gegenüber von ferne; aber die beiden standen am Jordan.
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
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.
