2 Kings 2:15 (GNV)

Passage

And when the children of the Prophets, which were at Iericho, saw him on the other side, they sayde, The Spirite of Eliiah doeth rest on Elisha: and they came to meete him, and fell to the grounde before him,

Nearby Context

2 Kings 2:13 He tooke vp also the cloke of Eliiah that fell from him, and returned, and stoode by the banke of Iorden.

2 Kings 2:14 After, he tooke the cloke of Eliiah, that fell from him, and smote the waters, and sayde, Where is the Lord God of Eliiah? And so he also, after he had striken the waters, so that they were deuided this way and that way, went ouer, euen Elisha.

2 Kings 2:15 And when the children of the Prophets, which were at Iericho, saw him on the other side, they sayde, The Spirite of Eliiah doeth rest on Elisha: and they came to meete him, and fell to the grounde before him,

2 Kings 2:16 And said vnto him, Beholde nowe, there be with thy seruants fiftie strong men: let them go, we pray thee, and seeke thy master, if so be the Spirite of the Lord hath taken him vp, and cast him vpon some mountaine, or into some valley. But he said, Ye shall not sende.

2 Kings 2:17 Yet they were instant vpon him, til he was ashamed: wherefore he saide, Sende. So they sent fiftie men, which sought three dayes, but founde him not.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "children", "prophets", "iericho", "other", "side", "sayde", and "spirite". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "children", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "After he tooke the cloke of Eliiah..." into verse 16's "And said vnto him Beholde nowe there...", so "Spirit" and "children" belong inside that flow. In 2 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "Spirit" and "children" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.