2 Kings 6:3
And one of them said: But come thou also with thy servants. He answered: I will come.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
In Context
4So he went with them. And when they were come to the Jordan they cut down wood.
Cross References
Exodus 33:15And Moses said: If thou thyself dost not go before, bring us not out of this place.
Judges 19:6And they sat down together, and ate and drank. And the father of the young woman said to his son in law: I beseech thee to stay here to day, and let us make merry together.
2 Kings 5:23And Naaman said: It is better that thou take two talents. And he forced him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, and two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants, and they carried them before him.
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 →