Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel.

Bible References

Tarry here

Ruth 1:15
Naomi said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law.”
2 Samuel 15:19
The king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why are you also going with us? Go back and stay with the new king since you’re both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.
John 6:67
Therefore Jesus said to the Twelve, “You don’t want to go away too, do you?”

I will not

Ruth 1:16
But Ruth replied:

Do not persuade me to leave you
or go back and not follow you.
For wherever you go, I will go,
and wherever you live, I will live;
your people will be my people,
and your God will be my God.
2 Samuel 15:21
But in response, Ittai vowed to the king, “As the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether it means life or death, your servant will be there!”
1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.

Beth-el

Genesis 28:19
and named the place Bethel, though previously the city was named Luz.
1 Kings 12:29
He set up one in Bethel, and put the other in Dan.
1 Kings 13:1
A man of God came from Judah to Bethel by a revelation from the Lord while Jeroboam was standing beside the altar to burn incense.

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