2 Kings 2:17-19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
17 But they kept urging him, until he was embarrassed and said, “Send them.” So they sent the fifty men, who searched for three days without finding him.(A) 18 When they returned to Elisha in Jericho, where he was staying, he said to them, “Did I not tell you not to go?”
19 (B)The inhabitants of the city complained to Elisha, “The site of the city is fine indeed, as my lord can see, but the water is bad and the land sterile.”
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