So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
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So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
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So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
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So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to 2 Kings 6:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 19:5 as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood and his hand swings the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle and hits his neighbor so that he dies—he shall flee to one of these cities and live.
- Deuteronomy 29:11 your little ones, your wives, and the foreigners who are in the middle of your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 6:4 So he went with them. And when…
2Ki 6:4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
Ver. 4. They cut down wood.] Wherewith they set up such huts or cabins as they could: being of his mind who said, I find no content but in a book and a nook. {a}
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{a} Tho. de Ken.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So he went with them. And when they came…
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. Trees which grew upon the banks of it, to build their house with, at least for the rafters and flooring of it, supposing the walls to be built of stone.
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. Trees which grew upon the banks of it, to build their house with, at least for the rafters and flooring of it, supposing the walls to be built of stone.
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2 Kings 6:5
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kg2 6:5But as one was felling a beam,.... Cutting down a tree, or a branch of it:
the axe head fell into the water: into the waters of Jordan; or "the iron" (d), the iron part of it, with which the wood was cut; that flew off from the helve into the water:
and he cried, and said, alas, master! for it was borrowed: it grieved him to lose his axe, because he could do no more work, and the more because it was not his own, but he had borrowed it of his neighbour; and still more, because, as it seems, he was poor, and not able to pay for it, which, being of an honest disposition, gave him distress.
(d) "ferrum", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. when they came to Jordan] From what follows…
4. when they came to Jordan] From what follows we see that they went close to the river. Probably the timber would be best grown at the water’s edge.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) Wood.—Heb., the timber: scil., which they required.
(4) Wood.—Heb., the timber: scil., which they required.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain So he went with them. And when they came…
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan i.e. to the river-bankthey cut down wood. They set to work, each felling his tree, and fashioning it into a rough beam.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Elisha goes with the prophets to cut trees.
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the ax head fell into the water
The ax head refers to the blade of the ax. This means that the ax head came loose from its the handle and fell into the water. AT: "the ax head separated from the handle and fell into the water"
Oh no
The man said this to show that he was upset and frustrated. If you have a way of expressing these emotions in your language, you can use it here.
it was borrowed
This can be stated in active form. AT: "I borrowed it" (See: Active or Passive)
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