2 Kings 6:3
Then said one—Be content, we pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he said—I myself, will go.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 is not going on, do not take us up from hence.
Judges 19:6So they both of them sat down and did eat together, and drink. Then said the father of the damsel unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry the night, and let thy heart be glad.
2 Kings 5:23And Naaman said, Be content, accept two talents. So he urged him, and bound up two talents of silver in two bags, and two changes of raiment, and laid them upon two of his young men, and they bare 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 →