2 Kings 2:7
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And fifty men, of the sons of the prophets, followed them, and stood in sight, at a distance: but they two stood by the Jordan.

fifty men

2 Kings 2:17 But they pressed him, till he consented, and said: Send. And they sent fifty men: and they sought three days, but found him not.

1 Kings 18:4,13 For when Jezabel killed the prophets of the Lord, he took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty and fifty in caves, and fed them with bread and water. . . .

Context
Elijah Taken to Heaven
6And Elias said to him: Stay here, because the Lord hath sent me as far as the Jordan. And he said: as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on together. 7And fifty men, of the sons of the prophets, followed them, and stood in sight, at a distance: but they two stood by the Jordan.8And Elias took his mantle, and folded it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, and they both passed over on dry ground.…
Cross References
2 Kings 2:15
And the sons of the prophets, at Jericho, who were over against him, seeing it, said: The spirit of Elias hath rested upon Eliseus. And coming to meet him, they worshipped him, falling to the ground.

2 Kings 2:16
And they said to him: Behold, there are with thy servants, fifty strong men, that can go, and seek thy master, lest, perhaps, the spirit of the Lord, hath taken him up and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said: Do not send.

Lexicon
Then a company
אִ֜ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 582: Man, mankind

of fifty
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֨ים (wa·ḥă·miš·šîm)
Conjunctive waw | Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 2572: Fifty

of the sons
מִבְּנֵ֤י (mib·bə·nê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of the prophets
הַנְּבִיאִים֙ (han·nə·ḇî·’îm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet

went
הָֽלְכ֔וּ (hā·lə·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

and stood
וַיַּעַמְד֥וּ (way·ya·‘am·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5975: To stand, in various relations

at a distance,
מִנֶּ֖גֶד (min·ne·ḡeḏ)
Preposition-m
Strong's Hebrew 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before

facing [Elijah and Elisha]
מֵרָח֑וֹק (mê·rā·ḥō·wq)
Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7350: Remote, of place, time, precious

as the two
וּשְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם (ū·šə·nê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Number - mdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

of them stood
עָמְד֥וּ (‘ā·mə·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5975: To stand, in various relations

by
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the Jordan.
הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ (hay·yar·dên)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3383: Jordan -- the principal river of Palestine


Additional Translations
Then a company of fifty of the sons of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing Elijah and Elisha as the two of them stood by the Jordan.And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by the Jordan.

And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went also, and they stood opposite afar off: and both stood on the bank of Jordan.

And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite afar off; and they two stood by the Jordan.

And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood opposite them at a distance; and they both stood by the Jordan.

-- and fifty men of the sons of the prophets have gone on, and stand over-against afar off -- and both of them have stood by the Jordan.
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