2 Kings 2:7 KJV — MannaFest

2 Kings 2:7

And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

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ASV

And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by the Jordan.

WEB

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.

YLT

--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.

DBT

And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite afar off; and they two stood by the Jordan.

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2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
Date: Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC

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1 Kings 18:13
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord, how I hid an hundred men of the Lord’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
1 Kings 18:4
For it was so, 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.)
2 Kings 2:17
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.
2 Kings 2:3
And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth–el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
2 Kings 2:15
And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

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): Fifty of them stood to view afar off, intending to satisfy their curiosity, but God so ordered it that they might be eye-witnesses of the honour heaven did to that prophet, who was despised and rejected of men. God's works are well worthy our notice; when a door is opened in heaven the call is, Come up hither, come and see.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The revelation of this striking event to so many was a necessary part of the dispensation; for it was designed to be under the law, like that of Enoch in the patriarchal age, a visible proof of another state, and a type of the resurrection of Christ.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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H735084× in canon H5048151× in canon H2572163× in canon H3383182× in canon H5030314× in canon

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2KI 2:71KI 18:13 MAT 25:35
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2KI 2:71KI 18:4 1KI 18:13
2KI 2:71KI 18:13 1KI 18:4
2KI 2:71KI 18:4 MAT 10:40-42
2KI 2:72KI 2:17 2KI 8:11
2KI 2:71KI 18:13 ACT 20:34
2KI 2:71KI 18:4 REV 17:4-6
2KI 2:71KI 18:4 MAT 21:35

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