“And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.”
Elijah directs Elisha to Jericho — the city of Israel's first conquest, now the site where the mantle of prophetic authority will pass. The journey moves systematically westward, toward the Jordan, the boundary between the promised land and exile. Each location carries covenant significance; Elisha's fidelity in following marks his worthiness to inherit the prophetic office.
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