2 Kings 6:4
וַיֵּלֶךְ אִתָּם וַיָּבֹאוּ הַיַּרְדֵּנָה וַֽיִּגְזְרוּ הָעֵצִֽים ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
In Context
3וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽאֶחָד הוֹאֶל נָא וְלֵךְ אֶת ־ עֲבָדֶיךָ וַיֹּאמֶר אֲנִי אֵלֵֽךְ ׃
Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:5וַאֲשֶׁר יָבֹא אֶת ־ רֵעֵהוּ בַיַּעַר לַחְטֹב עֵצִים וְנִדְּחָה יָדוֹ בַגַּרְזֶן לִכְרֹת הָעֵץ וְנָשַׁל הַבַּרְזֶל מִן ־ הָעֵץ וּמָצָא אֶת ־ רֵעֵהוּ וָמֵת הוּא יָנוּס אֶל ־ אַחַת הֶעָרִים ־ הָאֵלֶּה וָחָֽי ׃
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 →