2 Kings 6:7

“Lift it out,” he said, and the man reached out his hand and took it.

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KJV

Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.

ASV

And he said, Take it up to thee. So he put out his hand, and took it.

YLT

and saith, `Raise to thee;' and he putteth forth his hand and taketh it.

DBT

And he said, Take [it] up to thee. And he put out his hand and took it.

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Therefore said he, take it up to thee,.... This the prophet said to the man that had lost it: and he put out his hand, and took it; it being on the top of the water within his reach.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

Related commentary

And accordingly Elisha, having taken "wood" and cast it into that place where the iron had been submerged, forthwith it rose and swam on the surface, and the "wood" sank, which the sons of the prophets recovered. Thus they understood that the spirit of Elijah was presently conferred on him.

Tertullian· AN ANSWER TO THE JEWS 13, 220patristic

Elisha, by casting a stick into the river Jordan, recovered the iron part of the axe with which the sons of the prophets had gone to cut down trees to build the house in which they wished to read and study the law and commandments of God; even as our Christ, by being crucified on the tree, and by purifying us with water, has redeemed us, though plunged in the direst offences which we have committed, and has made us a house of prayer and adoration.

Justin Martyr· Dialogue with Trypho, Chapter LXXXVI, 165patristic

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How the Hebraic tradition has read this verse: and Marcus Brown’s own reading of it.

Cross-references

5 linked verses

The verses this one reaches5

2 Kings 4:36
Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”
Exodus 4:4
“Stretch out your hand and grab it by the tail,” the LORD said to Moses, who reached out his hand and caught the snake, and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
2 Kings 4:7
She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
Luke 7:15
And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.
Acts 9:41
Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.

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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 4:36
Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”
leads to
- Hebrews 11:35
  Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
- Luke 7:15
  And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.
- 1 Kings 17:23
  Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.
Through
Luke 7:15
And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.
leads to
- 2 Kings 13:21
  Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of…
- 2 Kings 4:32–37
  When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
Through
Acts 9:41
Peter took her by the hand and helped her up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her to them alive.
leads to
- Acts 6:1
  In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
- Mark 1:31
  So He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.
Through
2 Kings 4:7
She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 3:7–12
  For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not undisciplined among you,

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