2 Kings 2:6 meaning and explanation
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.
2 Kings 2:6, Berean Standard Bible
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Elijah is nearing the end of his ministry, and God has directed him from Gilgal to Bethel, then Jericho, and now to the Jordan. Three times he invites Elisha to stay behind, and three times Elisha refuses with the same oath, swearing by the living LORD and by Elijah himself that he will not leave him.
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