2 Kings 6:1

“And to go back to the authority of scripture, we have our masters in Elijah and Elisha, and our leaders in the sons of the prophets; who lived in fields and solitary places and made themselves tents by the waters of Jordan.” — editor's note: 2 Kings vi. 1, 2.

“The sons of the prophets, who were the monks of the Old Testament, built for themselves huts by the waters of Jordan and forsaking the crowded cities lived in these on pottage and wild herbs.” — editor's note: 2 Kings iv. 38, 39; vi. 1, 2.