2 Kings 6:2
Let us go as far as the Jordan and take out of the wood every man a piece of timber, that we may build us there a place to dwell in. And he said: Go.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
3And one of them said: But come thou also with thy servants. He answered: I will come.
Cross References
Acts 18:3And because he was of the same trade, he remained with them, and wrought; (now they were tentmakers by trade.)
1 Corinthians 9:6Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to do this?
2 Thessalonians 3:8Neither did we eat any man's bread for nothing, but in labour and in toil we worked night and day, lest we should be chargeable 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 →