He wanted to challenge Elisha, as if to say: "When you start your own ministry, and you preach that God is a God of miracles, you have to testify of what he has done for you personally.
Nais niyang subukan si Eliseo, na para bang: "Kapag magumpisa ka ng iyong gawain, at nangaral ka na ang Dios ay Dios ng himala, dapat kang mag patotoo ng kung ano ang ginawa niya sa iyong sarili.