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When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send them.” Therefore they sent fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn’t find him.

2 Kings 2:17 · WEB

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ગુજરાતી2 રાજાઓ ૨:૧૭
પણ જયાં સુધી એલિશા શરમાઈ ગયો ત્યાં સુધી તેઓએ તેને આગ્રહ કર્યો, તેણે કહ્યું, તેઓને મોકલો.” પછી તેઓએ પચાસ માણસો મોકલ્યા, તેઓએ ત્રણ દિવસ સુધી શોધ કરી પણ તે મળ્યો નહિ.
हिन्दी2 राजाओं २:१७
जब उन्होंने उसको यहाँ तक दबाया कि वह लज्जित हो गया, तब उसने कहा, “भेज दो।” अतः उन्होंने पचास पुरुष भेज दिए, और वे उसे तीन दिन तक ढूँढ़ते रहे परन्तु न पाया।

In context

15When the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho facing him saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

16They said to him, “See now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go and seek your master. Perhaps the LORD’s Spirit has taken him up, and put him on some mountain or into some valley.” He said, “Don’t send them.”

17When they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, “Send them.” Therefore they sent fifty men; and they searched for three days, but didn’t find him.

18They came back to him while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you, ‘Don’t go’?”

19The men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, please, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is barren.”

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