And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel,.... Or the disciples of them, as the Targum; here, though a place where one of Jeroboam's calves was set up, was a school of the prophets, perhaps founded by Elijah as a nursery for religion, and a check upon the idolatry of the times:came forth to Elisha; out of their college: and said unto him, knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head today?
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2 Kings 2:3
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thy master: Deuteronomy 33:3; Acts 22:3