2 Kings 6:2

2 Kings 6:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole; and let us build a place there for us to meet.” And he said, “Go.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let us go to the Jordan and each of us get there a log, and let us make a place for us to dwell there." And he answered, "Go."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Please, let us go to the Jordan, and let every man take a beam from there, and let us make there a place where we may dwell.” So he answered, “Go.”

Context of 2 Kings 6:2

1One day, the group of prophets said to Elisha, ‘The place where we meet with you is too small for us. We must go to the Jordan River to cut down some trees. Each one of us can bring back some wood to build a new place for us to meet in.’ Elisha agreed and he told them to go. 3One of the prophets said, ‘Please come with us, sir.’ Elisha replied, ‘I will come with you.’ 4So he went with them. They arrived at the Jordan River. They started to cut down some trees.

2 Kings 6:2 word by word

נֵֽלְכָה־נָּ֣א עַד־הַיַּרְדֵּ֗ן וְנִקְחָ֤ה מִשָּׁם֙ אִ֚ישׁ קוֹרָ֣ה אֶחָ֔ת וְנַעֲשֶׂה־לָּ֥נוּ שָׁ֛ם מָק֖וֹם לָשֶׁ֣בֶת שָׁ֑ם וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לֵֽכוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let us goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• we pray thee, unto Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
• and takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• thence every manאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• aאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• beamקוֹרָהqôrâh qôrâh · beamH6982
• and let us makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• us a placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• there, where we may dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• And he answeredאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for 2 Kings 6:2

• John 21:3Simon Peter said to the other disciples, ‘I will now go and catch fish.’ They replied, ‘We will come with you.’ So they went out and they got into the boat. But they caught nothing during that night.
• Acts 18:3They knew how to make tents which they could sell to people. Paul also made tents, so he stayed with them and he worked with them.
• Acts 20:34You yourselves know that I worked with my hands. I did that to get money. Then my friends and I could have the things that we needed.
• 1 Corinthians 9:6Barnabas and I seem to be the only leaders who must work at other jobs. We should not need to do that!
• 1 Thessalonians 2:9Our Christian friends, remember how we worked so hard to help you. We worked during the day and even during the night. We did not want to cause any problems for you. So we taught you God's good news and we did not ask you to give us anything in return.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:8We always paid for the food that anyone gave to us. We worked hard all the time, during the day and at night. We did that so that we would not make trouble for any of you.
• 1 Timothy 6:6What makes our life really rich? We should serve God in a way that pleases him and be happy with the things that we have.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 6:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Every man a beam - They made a sort of log-houses with their own hands.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Take every man a beam - Trees were rare in most parts of Palestine, but plentiful in the Jordan Valley. Jericho was known in early times as “the city of palms” Deuteronomy 34:3; Judges 1:16.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2a log … a place to live: The forest areas of the Jordan Valley near Jericho and Gilgal offered various types of wood for building (see 2 Kings 2:1, 4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan--whose wooded banks would furnish plenty of timber.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Jordan
• Jordan River, Jordan
• Band
• Beam
• Send
• Elisha
• Jehoahaz
• Jehoram; Joram
• Kings, Books of

Commentaries on 2 Kings 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings