2:15a When the sons of the prophets who were facing him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said,

The group of prophets from Jericho saw ⌊this⌋ and said,

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When the fifty prophets from Jericho saw how he had crossed the river, they said ⌊to one another⌋ ,

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The members of Jericho’s prophetic community saw what happened. They exclaimed,

2:15b “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.”

“The spirit of Elijah has come upon Elisha.”

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“The spirit of ⌊Yahweh⌋ that was in Elijah is now upon Elisha.”

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“Elisha now has the ⌊powerful⌋ spirit that Elijah had!”

2:15c And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

Then they came over to meet him. They kneeled down on the ground in front of him.

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They walked toward him and bowed low before him ⌊to honor him⌋ .

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