2 Kings 6:3 KJV — MannaFest

2 Kings 6:3

And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

KJV

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ASV

And one said, Be pleased, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

WEB

Then one of them said, “Please come with your servants.” “I will come,” he replied.

YLT

And the one saith, `Be pleased, I pray thee, and go with thy servants;' and he saith, `I--I go.'

DBT

And one said, Consent, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he said, I will go.

About this book

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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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4 verses on the floor

Judges 19:6
And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel’s father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.
Job 6:28
Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.
Judges 4:8
And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
2 Kings 5:23
And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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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!

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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 (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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