John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 2:4
And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee ,.... At Bethel: for the Lord hath sent me to Jericho ; to the school of the prophets there, to strengthen, encourage, and advise them: and he said, as the lord liveth , &c; using the same form of oath as before: so they came to Jericho ; together, which, as the above writer says F9 Travels, &c.; p. 205. , was four miles from Bethel. read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 2:1-8
Elijah's times, and the events concerning him, are as little dated as those of any great man in scripture; we are not told of his age, nor in what year of Ahab's reign he first appeared, nor in what year of Joram's he disappeared, and therefore cannot conjecture how long he flourished; it is supposed about twenty years in all. Here we are told, I. That God had determined to take him up into heaven by a whirlwind, 2 Kgs. 2:1. He would do it, and it is probable let him know of his purpose some... read more