SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Kings 2:7

2:7a Then a company of fifty of the sons of the prophets went and stood at a distance,

Fifty men from the group/company of prophets went/came and stood some distance away.

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Fifty members of the prophet community followed them ⌊to the Jordan River.⌋ They ⌊all⌋ stopped far off

2:7b facing Elijah and Elisha as the two of them stood by the Jordan.

They watched Elijah and Elisha, who had stopped at the ⌊river⌋ Jordan.

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and watched as Elijah and Elisha stood by the Jordan ⌊River⌋ .

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