Fifty men of the sons of the prophets - We see from this how large the prophetic schools were. It is implied that the “fifty” were only a po…

And fifty ... went. — Now fifty ... had gone.

Stood to view. — Taken their stand oppo…

And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to
view afar off
To have a …

The Lord had let Elijah know that his time was at hand. He therefore went to the different schools of the prophets to give them his last exhortatio…