2 Kings 2:7

And fifty men It is not without surprise that we come at one single centre upon so large a body of men devoting themselves to a holy life in the service of Jehovah, while Ahab's children are still on the throne of Israel. There seems also to have been, beside Jericho and Bethel, similar colleges at Gilgal and perhaps on Carmel. It would almost appear as though all those who were true adherents of the Lord had betaken themselves to this life of retirement, that they might escape from the evils which followed so thick in the train of the worship of the Baalim.

stood to view R.V. over against them, and similarly in verse 15. This rendering stands also as one margin of the A.V. The Hebrew word [neged originally signifies -in front" of anything; but since we are in frontof anything which faces us, and it may be said to be in front of us, the adverb in the text has a double use. Here it refers to the position of the sons of the prophets as they stood looking towards the departing couple, while in the next chapter (2 Kings 3:22) it is applied to the blood which the Moabites supposed they saw -on the other side" of the valley. R.V. has -over against them" in that verse also.