2Ki 2:16-18 | Clarke | STEP | Verse 16 Fifty strong men - Probably the same fifty who are mentioned , and who saw Elijah taken up in the whirlwind. Cast him upon some mountain - Though they saw him taken up towards heaven, yet they thought it possible that the Spirit of the Lord might have descended with him, and left him on some remote mountain or valley. Ye shall not send - He knew that he was translated to heaven, and that therefore it would be useless.

2 Kings 2:16-18

Verse 16

Fifty strong men - Probably the same fifty who are mentioned 2Kgs 2:7, and who saw Elijah taken up in the whirlwind.

Cast him upon some mountain - Though they saw him taken up towards heaven, yet they thought it possible that the Spirit of the Lord might have descended with him, and left him on some remote mountain or valley.

Ye shall not send - He knew that he was translated to heaven, and that therefore it would be useless. Verse 17

Till he was ashamed - He saw they would not be satisfied unless they made the proposed search; he felt therefore that he could not, with any good grace, resist their importunity any longer.