2 Kings 6:3
in 2 Kings 6Then one of them said, “Please come with your servants.” “I will come,” he replied.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And one said, Be pleased, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
KJV
And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
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This verse in 2 Kings 6
Commentary
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Please come with your servants
on 2 Kings 6:3-4
One of the company presses Elisha to come himself, and he agrees with the same brevity, I will go. A prophet does not treat cutting beams as beneath him. The text spends two verses on an errand, because the ordinary labor is what sets up the loss that follows.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Let no man, especially no minister, think himself too great to stoop to do good, but be tender to all. That he was a man of great power; he could make iron to swim, contrary to its nature (
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And one said, be content, I pray thee, and with thy servants,.... Or be pleased to go with us; he begged it as a favour, that, being awed by his presence, they might preserve peace and order, and have his advice as to the spot of ground to erect their edifice on, and might be protected by him from harm and mischief by men or wild beasts: and he answered, I will go; he consented to it, knowing perhaps before hand that he should have an opportunity of working a miracle there, as he did.
When one of them, accidentally fetching too fierce a stroke (as those that work seldom are apt to be violent), threw off his axe-head into the water, he did not say, "It was a mischance, and who can help it? It was the fault of the helve, and the owner deserved to stand to the loss." No, he cries out with deep concern, Alas, master!
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הָֽאֶחָ֔ד | haechad | the one | H259 → | 971 times |
| ה֥וֹאֶל | hoel | be willing | H2974 → | |
| נָ֖א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| וְלֵ֣ךְ | velekh | and go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ | ʾavadeikha | servants your | H5650 → | 799 times |
| וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲנִ֥י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| אֵלֵֽךְ׃ | ʾelekh | I will go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙and he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
הָֽאֶחָ֔דthe one
haechadH259 →971 times
ה֥וֹאֶלbe willing
hoelH2974 →
נָ֖אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
וְלֵ֣ךְand go
velekhH1980 →1546 times
אֶת־with
ʾet-H854 →929 times
עֲבָדֶ֑יךָservants your
ʾavadeikhaH5650 →799 times
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אֲנִ֥יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
אֵלֵֽךְ׃I will go
ʾelekhH1980 →1546 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Judges 19:6So they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and let your heart be merry.”
it leads to
- Judges 16:25
And while their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars.
- Ruth 3:7
After Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then Ruth went in secretly, uncovered his feet, and…
- Judges 19:9
When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See,…
- Esther 1:10
On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—
- Judges 16:25
Through
Judges 4:8Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”
it leads to
- Exodus 4:10–14
“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
- Exodus 4:10–14
Through
Job 6:28But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?
it leads to
Where this verse is studied
About 2 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.