One said, “Please be pleased to go with your servants.” He answered, “I will go.”
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One said, “Please be pleased to go with your servants.” He answered, “I will go.”
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And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
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And one said: 'Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants.' And he answered: 'I will go.'
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to 2 Kings 6:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 4:8 Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”
- Judges 19:6 So they sat down, ate, and drank, both of them together. Then the young lady’s father said to the man, “Please be pleased to stay all night, and let your heart be merry.”
- 2 Kings 5:23 Naaman said, “Be pleased to take two talents.” He urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothing, and laid them on two of his servants; and they carried them before him.
- Job 6:28 Now therefore be pleased to look at me, for surely I will not lie to your face.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 6:3 And one said, Be content, I pray…
2Ki 6:3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
Ver. 3. Be content, I pray thee, to go with thy servants.] God had a special hand in this motion, that by Elisha the following miracle might be wrought, for the comfort and confirmation of those novices of the prophets.
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And he answered, I will go.] "The wisdom which is from above is easy to be entreated." {Jas 3:17}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And one said, be content, I pray thee, and…
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.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. go with thy servants] It seems as though…
3. go with thy servants] It seems as though they contemplated a removal all at once. In Eastern countries little is thought of camping out in the open country; and this the society were prepared to do while their humble shelter was in preparation. Elisha’s presence would give countenance and encouragement to the workers.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) One.—Heb., the one, whoever it was.
(3) One.—Heb., the one, whoever it was.
Be content.—Consent, or, be willing.
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Go with thy servants.—To superintend their work, and help them in case of unforeseen difficulty.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and…
And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. One of the number was not satisfied with the prophet"s mere approval of the enterprise, but wished for his actual presence, probably as securing a blessing upon the work. And he answered, I will go. Elisha approved the man"s idea, as springing from piety and faith in God. He, therefore, raised no difficulty, but at once, in the simplest manner, acceded to the request. There is a remarkable directness, simplicity, and absence of fuss in all that Elisha says and does.
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