2 Kings 6:1 KJV — MannaFest

2 Kings 6:1

And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

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ASV

And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.

WEB

Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please take note that the place where we meet with you is too small for us.

YLT

And sons of the prophet say unto Elisha, `Lo, we pray thee, the place where we are dwelling before thee is too strait for us;

DBT

And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.

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2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
Date: Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC

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2 Kings 2:3
And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth–el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
Isaiah 54:2–3
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
1 Kings 20:35
And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the Lord, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.
2 Kings 4:1
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
Isaiah 49:19–20
For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

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)-- a good hearing, for it is a sign many are added to them. Elisha's miracles doubtless drew in many. Perhaps they increased the more now that Gehazi was cashiered, and, it is likely, an honester man put in his room, to take care of their provisions; for it should seem (by that instance, ch. iv.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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2KI 6:12KI 4:1 MAT 18:25
2KI 6:12KI 2:3 2KI 4:1
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
2KI 6:12KI 4:1 2KI 2:3
2KI 6:12KI 4:1 PSA 147:11
2KI 6:12KI 4:1 NEH 5:2-5
2KI 6:12KI 2:3 2KI 4:38
2KI 6:12KI 4:1 LEV 25:39-41
2KI 6:11KI 20:35 2KI 2:15

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