2 Kings 6:2
So let us go to Jordan, and let everyone get to work cutting boards, and we will make a living-place for ourselves there. And he said to them, Go, then.
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In Context
3And one of them said, Be pleased to go with your servants. And he said, I will go.
Cross References
Acts 18:3And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.
1 Corinthians 9:6Or I only and Barnabas, have we no right to take a rest from work?
2 Thessalonians 3:8And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 6:2-8
Iron Made to Swim. ( b. c. 893.) 1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. 3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. 4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. 5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head… Read the whole commentary →