Came forth to Elisha - It does not appear that any conversation took place between the “sons of the prophets” and Elijah. However, independe…

The sons of the prophets. —See Notes on 1 Kings 20:35; 1 Samuel 10:10; 1 Samuel 19:20. There w…

And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel
Or the disciples of them, as the Targum; here, though a place where…

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…