2 Reis 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.