2 Kings 6:4
And he went with them. And when they had arrived at the Jordan, they were cutting down wood.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
In Context
3And one of them said, “Then you, too, should go with your servants.” And he answered, “I will go.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:5such that he had gone with him into the forest simply to cut wood, and in cutting down the tree, the axe slipped from his hand, or the iron slipped from the handle, and it struck his friend and killed him: he shall flee to one of the cities stated above, and he shall live.
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 →