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

1Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Behold now, the place before you where we are living is too cramped for us. Please let us go to the Jordan, and let us each take from there a beam, and let us construct a place there for ourselves, to live there.” So he said, “Go.” 3Then one of them said, “Please agree and go with your servants.” And he said, “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

• Pleaseנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• let us goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• to the Jordanיַרְדֵּןyardên · JordanH3383
• and let us eachאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• from thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
• a beamקוֹרָהqôrâh qôrâh · beamH6982
• and let us constructעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• a placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• for ourselves, to liveיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• So he saidאָמַר'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 are also coming with you.” They went out and got into the boat; and that night they caught nothing.
• Acts 18:3and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them, and they worked together, for they were tent-makers by trade.
• Acts 20:34You yourselves know that these hands served my own needs and the men who were with me.
• 1 Corinthians 9:6Or do only Barnabas and I have no right to refrain from working?
• 1 Thessalonians 2:9For you recall, brothers and sisters, our labor and hardship: it was by working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you, that we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:8nor did we eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we kept working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you;
• 1 Timothy 6:6But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment.

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
• 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