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.”
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Let’s go down to the Jordan River, where there are plenty of logs. There we can build a new place for us to meet.” “All right,” he told them, “go ahead.”

Context of 2 Kings 6:2

1Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "See, the place where we dwell under your charge is too small for us. 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." 3Then one of them said, "Be pleased to go with your servants." And he answered, "I will go." 4So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down 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 them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
• Acts 18:3and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.
• Acts 20:34You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities and to those who were with me.
• 1 Corinthians 9:6Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?
• 1 Thessalonians 2:9For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:8nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you.
• 1 Timothy 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain,

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