2 Kings 2:15

whichwere to view at Jericho R.V. which were at Jericho over against him. See above on verse 7. They were in a position from which they could see him, and he might see them.

bowed themselves to the ground Thus expressing their acknowledgement of him as their head, and the divinely appointed successor of Elijah. -It was not the outside of Elijah which they had wont to stoop unto with so much veneration; it was his spirit, which since they now find in another subject, they entertain with equal reverence. No envy, no emulation raiseth up their stomachs against Elijah's servant; but where they see eminent graces, they are willingly prostrate" (Bp Hall).