⁵ The ·groups [company; brotherhood; ^Lsons] of prophets at Jericho came to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the Lord will take your ·master [lord] away from you today?”

Elisha answered, “Yes, I know, ·but don’t talk about it [be quiet/still].”

⁶ Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here. The Lord has sent me to the Jordan River.”

Elisha answered, “As the Lord lives, and as you live, I won’t leave you.”

So the two of them went on.