2 Kings 2:2-4

Expanded Bible

² Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here. The Lord has ·told me to go to [^Lsent me as far as] Bethel.”

But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as you live, I won’t leave you.” So they went down to Bethel. ³ The ·groups [company; brotherhood; ^Lsons] of prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know the Lord will take your ·master [lord] away from you today?”

Elisha said, “Yes, I know, ·but don’t talk about it [be quiet/still].”

⁴ Elijah said to him, “Stay here, Elisha, because the Lord has sent me to Jericho.”

But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as you live, I won’t leave you.”

So they went to Jericho.