2 Kings 6:1 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 6:1

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The writer returns here to the series of miracles which Elisha performed for the benefit of the prophetical schools under his care. The connection, in this point of view, is with 2Ki 4:44. The place where we dwell with thee - literally, “the place where we sit before thee,” i. e. “the place where we assemble and sit to bear thy teaching.” Elisha visited the sons of the prophets in circuit, staying a short time at each place where a “school” was established. Perhaps he was now visiting Jericho. Compare 2Ki 2:5.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ	vai.yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
בְנֵֽי־	ve.nei-	[the] sons of	H1121 →
הַנְּבִיאִ֖ים	ha.ne.vi.'Im	the prophets	H5030 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אֱלִישָׁ֑ע	'e.li.Sha'	Elisha	H477 →
הִנֵּֽה־	hi.neh-	here!	H2009 →
נָ֣א	na'	please	H4994 →
הַמָּק֗וֹם	ha.ma.Kom	the place	H4725 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	where	H834 →
אֲנַ֜חְנוּ	'a.Nach.nu	we	H587 →
יֹשְׁבִ֥ים	yo.she.Vim	[are] dwelling	H3427 →
שָׁ֛ם	sham	there	H8033 →
לְפָנֶ֖יךָ	le.fa.Nei.kha	<to> before you	H6440 →
צַ֥ר	tzar	it is [too] cramped	H6862 →
מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃	mi.Me.nu	for us	H4480 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Kings 4:1
Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor…
leads to
- Matthew 18:25
  Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.
- 2 Kings 2:3
  Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do…
- Psalms 147:11
  The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
- Nehemiah 5:2–5
  Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
- Leviticus 25:39–41
  If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.
Through
2 Kings 2:3
Then the sons of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the LORD will take your master away from you today?” “Yes, I know,” he replied. “Do…
leads to
- 2 Kings 4:1
  Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Kings 4:38
  When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and…
Through
1 Kings 20:35
Meanwhile, by the word of the LORD, one of the sons of the prophets said to his companion, “Strike me, please!” But the man refused to strike him.
leads to
- 2 Kings 2:15
  When the sons of the prophets who were facing him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they went to meet him and bowed down…