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 where we are living in your presence is too cramped for us. 2So please, let’s go to the Jordan and pick from there each one a beam, and make ourselves a place there to live.” “Go,” he answered. Then one of them said, “Will you please come with your servants?” “I will go,” he answered. 4So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down trees. 5But as one of them was cutting down a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, “Ah, 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Be contentיָאַלyâ'al · be willingH2974
• I pray thee, and goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• with thy servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650

Cross-references for 2 Kings 6:3

• 2 Kings 5:23Naaman said, “Please, take two talents.” He even urged him, and packed two talents of silver in two bags with two changes of clothes, and gave them to two of his servants; and they carried them ahead of him.
• Judges 19:6So the two of them sat down and ate and drank together. Then the young woman’s father said to the man, “Please, be willing to spend the night, and let your heart be merry.”
• Job 6:28“Now be so kind as to look at me; I will not lie to your face.
• Judges 4:8But Barak said to her, “If you are going with me, then I will go. But if you aren’t going with me, I won’t 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