2 Kings 6:2 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 6:2

Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Let us go, we pray thee, unto the 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.

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Take 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” Deu 34:3; Jdg 1:16.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
נֵֽלְכָה־	ne.le.khah-	let us go	H1980 →
נָּ֣א	na'	please	H4994 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
הַיַּרְדֵּ֗ן	hai.yar.Den	the Jordan	H3383 →
וְנִקְחָ֤ה	ve.nik.Chah	and let us take	H3947 →
מִשָּׁם֙	mi.Sham	from there	H8033 →
אִ֚ישׁ	'ish	each	H376 →
קוֹרָ֣ה	ko.Rah	a beam	H6982 →
אֶחָ֔ת	'e.Chat	one	H259 →
וְנַעֲשֶׂה־	ve.na.'a.seh-	and let us make	H6213 →
לָּ֥נוּ	La.nu	for ourselves
שָׁ֛ם	sham	there	H8033 →
מָק֖וֹם	ma.Kom	a place	H4725 →
לָשֶׁ֣בֶת	la.She.vet	to dwell	H3427 →
שָׁ֑ם	Sham	there	H8033 →
וַיֹּ֖אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
לֵֽכוּ׃	Le.khu	go	H1980 →

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

H3383haiyardenthe Jordan182×

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
1 Timothy 6:6
Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
leads to
- Hebrews 13:5
  Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- 1 Timothy 6:8
  But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
- Proverbs 16:8
  Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
- Philippians 4:11–13
  I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.
- Luke 12:31–32
  But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.
Through
1 Thessalonians 2:9
Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 11:9
  And when I was with you and in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied my needs. I have refrained from being a burden to…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Thessalonians 3:8
nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9
  Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 6:11
  Give us this day our daily bread.