2 Kings 6:1
And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.
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Joshua 17:14And the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me as inheritance one lot and one portion, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as Jehovah has blessed me hitherto?
1 Samuel 19:20Then Saul sent messengers to take David; and they saw a company of prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as president over them; and the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
2 Kings 2:3And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said to him, Dost thou know that Jehovah will take away thy master from over thy head to-day? And he said, I also know it: be silent!
2 Kings 2:7And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite afar off; and they two stood by the Jordan.
2 Kings 4:1And a woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha saying, Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant feared Jehovah; and the creditor is come to take my two children to be bondmen.
Job 36:16Even so would he have allured thee out of the jaws of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and the supply of thy table [would be] full of fatness.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 6:1
In this chapter we have, I. A further account of the wondrous works of Elisha. 1. His making iron to swim, ver. 1-7 . 2. His disclosing to the king of Israel the secret counsels of the king of Syria, ver. 8-12 . 3. His saving himself out of the hands of those who were sent to apprehend him, ver. 13-23 . II. The besieging of Samaria by the Syrians and the great distress the city was reduced to, ver. 24-33 . The relief of it is another of the wonders wrought by Elisha's word, which we shall have the story of in the… Read the whole commentary →