2 Kings 2:4

And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee,.... At Bethel:

for the Lord hath sent me to Jericho; to the school of the prophets there, to strengthen, encourage, and advise them:

and he said, as the lord liveth, c using the same form of oath as before:

so they came to Jericho; together, which, as the above writer says (i), was four miles from Bethel.

(i) Travels, &c. p. 205.