2 Kings 6:2
Let vs nowe goe to Iorden, that we may take thence euery man a beame, and make vs a place to dwell in. And he answered, Goe.
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In The King James Version
In Context
3And one said, Vouchsafe, I pray thee, to go with thy seruants, and he answered, I will goe.
Cross References
Acts 18:3And because hee was of the same crafte, he abode with them and wrought (for their crafte was to make tentes.)
1 Corinthians 9:6Or I only and Barnabas, haue not we power not to worke?
2 Thessalonians 3:8Neither tooke we bread of any man for nought: but we wrought with labour and trauaile night and day, because we would not 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 →