2Ki 2:4-5, 18 | ESV | STEP | Elijah said to him, Elisha , please stay here , for the Lord has sent me to Jericho . But he said , As the Lord lives , and as you yourself live , I will not leave you. So they came to Jericho .

a[See ver. 2 above]

c[See ver. 2 above]

d[See ver. 3 above]

2 Kings 2:4-5

4 Elijah said to him, “Elisha, ^aplease stay here, for the Lord has sent me to ^bJericho.” But he said, ^c“As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they came to Jericho. 5 ^dThe sons of the prophets who were at Jericho drew near to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that today the Lord will take away your master from over you?” And he answered, “Yes, I know it; keep quiet.”

2 Kings 2:18

18 And they came back to him while he was staying at Jericho, and he said to them, “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not go’?”