2 Kings 6:2
Let us go, we pray thee, unto the 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.
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In Context
3And one said, Be pleased, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
Cross References
Acts 18:3and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought, for by their trade they were tentmakers.
1 Corinthians 9:6Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working?
2 Thessalonians 3:8neither did we eat bread for nought at any man`s hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden 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 →