Stood to view; to observe this great event, Elijah's translation to heaven, which they expected every moment, now when he had taken his last farewell of all the prophets; and whereof they desired to be spectators, not so much to satisfy their own curiosity, as that they might be witnesses of it to others.
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2 Kings 2:7
7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to viewa afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.