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

1Some of the prophets said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you is too cramped for us. Let’s go to the Jordan. Each of us will get a log from there and we will build a meeting place for ourselves there.” He said, “Go.” 3One of them said, “Please come along with your servants.” He replied, “All right, I’ll come.” 4So he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they started cutting 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 told them, “I am going fishing.” “We will go with you,” they replied. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
• Acts 18:3and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them (for they were tentmakers by trade).
• Acts 20:34You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me.
• 1 Corinthians 9:6Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work?
• 1 Thessalonians 2:9For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:8and we did not eat anyone’s food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you.
• 1 Timothy 6:6Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit.

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