And when they came back to him, for he had stayed in Jericho, he said to them, "Did I not say to you, "Do not go'?"
2 Kings 2:18
Surrounding context
2:17 But when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, "Send them!" Therefore they sent fifty men, and they searched for three days but did not find him.
2:18 And when they came back to him, for he had stayed in Jericho, he said to them, "Did I not say to you, "Do not go'?"
2:19 Then the men of the city said to Elisha, "Please notice, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the ground barren."