2 Kings 2:16-18

Good News Translation

¹⁶ and said, “There are fifty of us here, all strong men. Let us go and look for your master. Maybe the spirit of the Lord has carried him away and left him on some mountain or in some valley.”

“No, you must not go,” Elisha answered.

¹⁷ But they insisted until he gave in and let them go. The fifty of them went and looked high and low for Elijah for three days, but didn't find him. ¹⁸ Then they returned to Elisha, who had waited at Jericho, and he said to them, “Didn't I tell you not to go?”