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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_kings/2.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_kings/2.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Fifty men from the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_kings/2.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Fifty men from the group of prophets also went and watched from a distance as Elijah and Elisha stopped beside the Jordan River.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_kings/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Fifty men of the sons of the prophets also went and stood at some distance from them, as they both were standing by the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then a company of fifty of the sons of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing Elijah and Elisha as the two of them stood by the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_kings/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_kings/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood facing <i>them</i> at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_kings/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite <i>them</i> at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_kings/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_kings/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite <i>them</i> at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_kings/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite <i>them</i> at a distance, but the two of them stood by the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_kings/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Fifty men of the sons of the prophets also went and stood opposite them [to watch] at a distance; and the two of them stood by the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_kings/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Fifty men from the sons of the prophets came and stood observing them at a distance while the two of them stood by the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_kings/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Fifty men from the sons of the prophets came and stood facing them from a distance while the two of them stood by the Jordan. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_kings/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_kings/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Fifty prophets followed Elijah and Elisha from Jericho, then stood at a distance and watched as the two men walked toward the river. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_kings/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_kings/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Fifty disciples of the prophets stood at a distance as Elijah and Elisha stood by the Jordan River.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_kings/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />and fifty of the prophets followed them to the Jordan. Elijah and Elisha stopped by the river, and the fifty prophets stood a short distance away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_kings/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />accompanied by 50 men from the Guild of Prophets, who stood at a short distance from them while they were both standing by the Jordan. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_kings/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then a company of fifty of the sons of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing Elijah and Elisha as the two of them stood by the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_kings/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The fifty members of the prophetic guild went and stood opposite them at a distance, while Elijah and Elisha stood by the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_kings/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood opposite them at a distance; and they both stood by the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_kings/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_kings/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance; and they both stood by the Jordan. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_kings/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and fifty men of the sons of the prophets have gone on, and stand opposite [them] far off—and both of them have stood by the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_kings/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> -- and fifty men of the sons of the prophets have gone on, and stand over-against afar off -- and both of them have stood by the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_kings/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And fifty men from the sons of the prophets went, and they will stand from opposite from afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_kings/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And fifty men of the sons of the prophets followed them, and stood in sight at a distance: but they two stood by the Jordan. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_kings/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And fifty men from the sons of the prophets followed them, and they stood opposite them, at a distance. But the two of them were standing above the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_kings/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Fifty of the guild prophets followed and stood facing them at a distance, while the two of them stood next to the Jordan. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Fifty men of the company of prophets also went, and stood at some distance from them, as they both were standing by the Jordan.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood to watch from afar; and they two stood by the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_kings/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And fifty men of the sons of the Prophets went, and they stood across at a distance, and the two stood on the edge of Jordan.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_kings/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off; and they two stood by the Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_kings/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And fifty men of the sons of the prophets <i>went also</i>, and they stood opposite afar off: and both stood on <i>the bank</i> of Jordan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_kings/2-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=349" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_kings/2.htm">Elijah Taken to Heaven</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">Then a company</a> <a href="/hebrew/2572.htm" title="2572: wa·ḥă·miš·šîm (Conj-w:: Number-cp) -- Fifty. Multiple of chamesh; fifty.">of fifty</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: mib·bə·nê (Prep-m:: N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">of the sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/5030.htm" title="5030: han·nə·ḇî·’îm (Art:: N-mp) -- A spokesman, speaker, prophet. From naba'; a prophet or inspired man.">of the prophets</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hā·lə·ḵū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">went</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: way·ya·‘am·ḏū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">and stood</a> <a href="/hebrew/5048.htm" title="5048: min·ne·ḡeḏ (Prep-m) -- From nagad; a front, i.e. Part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually over against or before.">at a distance,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7350.htm" title="7350: mê·rā·ḥō·wq (Prep-m:: Adj-ms) -- Or rachoq; from rachaq; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially.">facing Elijah and Elisha</a> <a href="/hebrew/8147.htm" title="8147: ū·šə·nê·hem (Conj-w:: Number-mdc:: 3mp) -- Two (a card. number). Dual of sheniy; feminine shttayim; two; also twofold.">as the two</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: ‘ā·mə·ḏū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">of them stood</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">by</a> <a href="/hebrew/3383.htm" title="3383: hay·yar·dên (Art:: N-proper-fs) -- The principal river of Pal. From yarad; a descender; Jarden, the principal river of Palestine.">the Jordan.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>And Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the waters, which parted to the right and to the left, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/3-14.htm">Joshua 3:14-17</a></span><br />So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them. / Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the ark reached the Jordan and their feet touched the water’s edge, / the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">Exodus 14:21-22</a></span><br />Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided, / and the Israelites went through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-19.htm">1 Kings 19:19-21</a></span><br />So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him. / So Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.” “Go on back,” Elijah replied, “for what have I done to you?” / So Elisha turned back from him, took his pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. Using the oxen’s equipment for fuel, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he set out to follow and serve Elijah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-16.htm">Matthew 3:16-17</a></span><br />As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him. / And a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/1-9.htm">Mark 1:9-11</a></span><br />In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. / As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove. / And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-21.htm">Luke 3:21-22</a></span><br />When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened, / and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/1-32.htm">John 1:32-34</a></span><br />Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him. / I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ / I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/1-9.htm">Acts 1:9-11</a></span><br />After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight. / They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. / “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/8-38.htm">Acts 8:38-39</a></span><br />And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. / When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-29.htm">Hebrews 11:29</a></span><br />By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-1.htm">1 Corinthians 10:1-2</a></span><br />I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-16.htm">Isaiah 43:16-17</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters, / who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/114-3.htm">Psalm 114:3-5</a></span><br />The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back; / the mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. / Why was it, O sea, that you fled, O Jordan, that you turned back,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/4-10.htm">Joshua 4:10-18</a></span><br />Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until the people had completed everything the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell them, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried across, / and after everyone had finished crossing, the priests with the ark of the LORD crossed in the sight of the people. / The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over before the Israelites, armed for battle as Moses had instructed them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-29.htm">2 Kings 4:29-31</a></span><br />So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.” / And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her. / Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.</p><p class="hdg">fifty men</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/2-17.htm">2 Kings 2:17</a></b></br> And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/18-4.htm">1 Kings 18:4,13</a></b></br> For it was <i>so</i>, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/8-41.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-5.htm">Company</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-24.htm">Distance</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-26.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-6.htm">Elijah</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-5.htm">Elisha</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-35.htm">Facing</a> <a href="/2_kings/1-14.htm">Fifty</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-6.htm">Jordan</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-10.htm">Opposite</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-43.htm">Places</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-5.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-35.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-19.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-21.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-33.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/1_samuel/16-7.htm">View</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-1.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/4-25.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-15.htm">Company</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-25.htm">Distance</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-13.htm">Edge</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-8.htm">Elijah</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-9.htm">Elisha</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-15.htm">Facing</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-16.htm">Fifty</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-13.htm">Jordan</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-15.htm">Opposite</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-10.htm">Places</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-15.htm">Prophets</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-14.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-17.htm">Standing</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-13.htm">Stood</a> <a href="/2_kings/3-25.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-15.htm">View</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-8.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/2-1.htm">Elijah, taking his leave of Elisha, with his mantle divides Jordan</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/2-9.htm">and, granting Elisha his request, is taken up by a fiery chariot into heaven</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/2-12.htm">Elisha, dividing Jordan with Elijah's mantle, is acknowledged his successor</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/2-16.htm">The young prophets, hardly obtaining leave to seek Elijah, cannot find him.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/2-19.htm">Elisha with salt heals the unwholesome waters</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_kings/2-23.htm">Bears destroy the children that mocked Elisha</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/2_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/2_kings/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then a company of fifty of the sons of the prophets</b><br>The "sons of the prophets" refers to a group of prophetic disciples or followers who were part of a prophetic guild or school. These groups were common in Israel during the time of the prophets, serving as centers for training and spiritual instruction. The number fifty may symbolize completeness or a significant group, indicating a substantial gathering of witnesses to the events about to unfold.<p><b>went and stood at a distance</b><br>Standing at a distance suggests reverence and respect for the prophetic office and the significant event they anticipated. It also indicates their awareness of the sacred nature of what was about to occur. This distance allowed them to observe without interfering, highlighting the separation between the prophetic leaders and their followers.<p><b>facing Elijah and Elisha</b><br>Elijah and Elisha were central figures in the prophetic tradition of Israel. Elijah, known for his powerful miracles and confrontation with idolatry, was nearing the end of his earthly ministry. Elisha, his chosen successor, was about to receive the mantle of leadership. The sons of the prophets facing them signifies their recognition of the authority and transition of prophetic leadership.<p><b>as the two of them stood by the Jordan</b><br>The Jordan River holds significant biblical symbolism, often representing transition and transformation. It was the site of Israel's crossing into the Promised Land under Joshua, symbolizing new beginnings. Here, it marks the transition of prophetic authority from Elijah to Elisha. The Jordan also prefigures the baptism of Jesus, where He began His public ministry, drawing a typological connection between Elijah's ascension and Christ's later work.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/elijah.htm">Elijah</a></b><br>A major prophet in Israel, known for his powerful miracles and his role in turning the hearts of the people back to God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/elisha.htm">Elisha</a></b><br>The successor of Elijah, chosen by God to continue the prophetic ministry in Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sons_of_the_prophets.htm">Sons of the Prophets</a></b><br>A group or school of prophets who were disciples or followers of the prophetic tradition, often associated with Elijah and Elisha.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jordan_river.htm">Jordan River</a></b><br>A significant geographical and spiritual landmark in Israel, often associated with miraculous events and transitions.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/company_of_fifty_men.htm">Company of Fifty Men</a></b><br>A specific group from the sons of the prophets who witnessed the events from a distance, symbolizing the broader community of believers observing God's work.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/w/witnessing_god's_work.htm">Witnessing God's Work</a></b><br>The sons of the prophets stood at a distance, observing the work of God through Elijah and Elisha. We are called to be attentive witnesses to God's work in our lives and the lives of others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/mentorship_and_succession.htm">Mentorship and Succession</a></b><br>Elijah and Elisha's relationship highlights the importance of mentorship in spiritual growth. We should seek to mentor others and be mentored in our faith journey.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_transition.htm">Faith in Transition</a></b><br>The crossing of the Jordan represents a transition and a test of faith. In our lives, we face transitions that require us to trust in God's provision and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_of_believers.htm">Community of Believers</a></b><br>The presence of the sons of the prophets emphasizes the role of community in supporting and witnessing God's work. We should value and engage with our faith communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/standing_firm_in_faith.htm">Standing Firm in Faith</a></b><br>The fifty men stood firm, watching from a distance. We are encouraged to stand firm in our faith, even when we are not directly involved in the action.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_nathan_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Nathan in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_jordan_river_story's_meaning.htm">What is the significance of the Jordan River story?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_external_sources_for_2_kings_2.htm">2 Kings 2 – If these events truly happened, why are there no external contemporary sources confirming them?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_amaziah's_claim_fit_jeroboam's_era.htm">Amos 7:10-13 - Does the account of Amaziah's accusation against Amos align with known historical records and political dynamics of Jeroboam's reign?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">And fifty . . . went.</span>--<span class= "ital">Now fifty</span> . . . <span class= "ital">had gone.</span><p><span class= "bld">Stood to view.</span>--<span class= "ital">Taken their stand opposite, i.e.</span>, directly opposite the place where the two were standing by the brink of the river, yet at some distance behind. They wished to see whether and how the companions would cross the stream at a point where there was no ford.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view.</span> It is a harsh judgment to blame the "sons of the prophets" for an idle and shallow curiosity in merely "standing" at a distance "to view" the wonderful event, which Elisha was determined to witness as closely, and associate himself with as intimately, as possible. For the sons of the prophets to have approached nearer, and hung on the skirts of Elijah, would have been an impertinence, Elisha's persistence is only justified by his strong affection, and the special office which he held, of attendant minister. The fifty students showed a courteous sense of what was due to the prophet's desire of seclusion by not pressing on his footsteps, and at the same time a real interest in him, and a reasonable curiosity, by quitting their college and "standing to view" on some eminence which commanded a prospect of the lower Jordan valley. There were many such eminences within a short distance of Jericho. <span class="cmt_word">And they two stood by Jordan.</span> At length all other human companionship was shaken off - "<span class="accented">they two"</span> stood, side by side, on the banks of the sacred stream, which had played so important a part, and was still to play so far more important a part, in the theocratic history. All the world, except their two selves, was remote - was beyond their ken; the master and the servant, the prophet of the past and the prophet of the coming generation, were together, with none to disturb them, or interfere between them, or separate them. Jordan rolled its waters before their eyes, a seeming barrier to further advance; and Elisha may naturally have looked to see the final scene transacted in that "plain below a plain," the Jordan bed, sunk beneath the general level of the Ghor, green with lush grass and aquatic plants, and with beds of reeds and osiers, but squalid with long stretches of mud and masses of decaying vegetation, brought down from the upper river, and with rotting trunks of trees torn from the banks higher up. But the end was not yet. Jordan was to be crossed, and the ascension to take place from the plain whence Moses, when about to quit earth, had made his ascent to Pisgah. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_kings/2-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then a company</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֜ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_582.htm">Strong's 582: </a> </span><span class="str2">Man, mankind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of fifty</span><br /><span class="heb">וַחֲמִשִּׁ֨ים</span> <span class="translit">(wa·ḥă·miš·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2572.htm">Strong's 2572: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fifty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the sons</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבְּנֵ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(mib·bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the prophets</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנְּבִיאִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(han·nə·ḇî·’îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5030.htm">Strong's 5030: </a> </span><span class="str2">A spokesman, speaker, prophet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">went</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽלְכ֔וּ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·lə·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and stood</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּעַמְד֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘am·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stand, in various relations</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at a distance,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִנֶּ֖גֶד</span> <span class="translit">(min·ne·ḡeḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5048.htm">Strong's 5048: </a> </span><span class="str2">A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before</span><br /><br /><span class="word">facing [Elijah and Elisha]</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵרָח֑וֹק</span> <span class="translit">(mê·rā·ḥō·wq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7350.htm">Strong's 7350: </a> </span><span class="str2">Remote, of place, time, precious</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as the two</span><br /><span class="heb">וּשְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·šə·nê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Number - mdc | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8147.htm">Strong's 8147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Two (a cardinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of them stood</span><br /><span class="heb">עָמְד֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·mə·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stand, in various relations</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Jordan.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃</span> <span class="translit">(hay·yar·dên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3383.htm">Strong's 3383: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/2-7.htm">2 Kings 2:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_kings/2-7.htm">2 Kings 2:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_kings/2-7.htm">2 Kings 2:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_kings/2-7.htm">2 Kings 2:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_kings/2-7.htm">2 Kings 2:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/2-7.htm">2 Kings 2:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/2-7.htm">2 Kings 2:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/2-7.htm">2 Kings 2:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/2-7.htm">2 Kings 2:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_kings/2-7.htm">2 Kings 2:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_kings/2-7.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 2:7 Fifty men of the sons (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/2-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 2:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 2:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/2-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 2:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 2:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>