2 Kings 6:2
Let us go, we pray thee, to the Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he said, Go.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3And one said, Consent, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he said, I will go.
Cross References
Acts 18:3and because they were of the same trade abode with them, and wrought. For they were tent-makers by trade.
1 Corinthians 9:6Or *I* alone and Barnabas, have we not a right not to work?
2 Thessalonians 3:8nor have we eaten bread from any one without cost; but in toil and hardship working night and day not to be chargeable to any one 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 →