2 Kings 6:3

2 Kings 6:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
• New International Version (NIV)Then one of them said, “Won’t you please come with your servants?” “I will,” Elisha replied.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then one of them said, "Be pleased to go with your servants." And he answered, "I will go."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then one said, “Please consent to go with your servants.” And he answered, “I will go.”

Context of 2 Kings 6:3

1Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Behold now, the place before you where we are living is too cramped for us. 2Please 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.” Then 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. 5But it happened that as one of them was cutting down a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Oh, my master! It was borrowed!”

2 Kings 6:3 word by word

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הָֽאֶחָ֔ד ה֥וֹאֶל נָ֖א וְלֵ֣ךְ אֶת־עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֲנִ֥י אֵלֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

• Then oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Pleaseנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• agreeיָאַלyâ'al · be willingH2974
• and goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• with your servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650

Cross-references for 2 Kings 6:3

• 2 Kings 5:23Naaman said, “Be sure to take two talents.” And he urged him, and tied up two talents of silver in two bags with two changes of clothes, and gave them to two of his servants; and they carried them before him.
• Judges 19:6So both of them sat down and ate and drank together; and the girl’s father said to the man, “Please be so kind as to spend the night, and let your heart be cheerful.”
• Job 6:28Now please look at me, And see if I am lying to your face.
• Judges 4:8Then Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”

Commentaries on 2 Kings 6:3

• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-72Ki 6:1-7. Elisha Causes Iron to Swim. 1. the place where we dwell with thee--Margin, "sit before thee." The one points to a common residence--the other to a common place of meeting. The tenor of the narrative shows the humble condition of Elisha's pupils. The place was either Beth-el or Jericho, probably the latter. The ministry and miracles of Elisha brought great accessions to his schools.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Band
• 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