2 Kings 6:2
Let us go as far as the Jordan, and let us each take from the forest a piece of timber, so that we may build for ourselves a place to live there.” And he said, “Go.”
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In Context
3And one of them said, “Then you, too, should go with your servants.” And he answered, “I will go.”
Cross References
Acts 18:3And because he was of the same trade, he lodged with them and was working. (Now they were tentmakers by trade.)
1 Corinthians 9:6Or is it only myself and Barnabas who do not have the authority to act in this way?
2 Thessalonians 3:8Nor did we eat bread from anyone for free, but rather, we worked night and day, in hardship and weariness, so as not to be burdensome to 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 →