Said to him. —The Syriac version adds, “to Elisha;” the Arabic version reads as in 2 Kings 2:4; and so do three manusc…

And Elijah said to him, tarry, I pray you, here
At Jericho, seemingly very desirous to get rid of him, that he might…

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…