2 Kings 6:3
And one said: 'Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants.' And he answered: 'I will go.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
Cross References
Exodus 33:15And he said unto Him: 'If Thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.
Judges 19:6So they sat down, and did eat and drink, both of them together; and the damsel's father said unto the man: 'Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thy heart be merry.'
2 Kings 5:23And Naaman said: 'Be content, take two talents.' And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of raiment, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bore 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 →