2 Kings 6:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• 2 Kings 6:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  An Axehead Swims. Elisha and the Syrians at Dothan. In several minor miracles Elisha is always represented as working them not by his word, but by some expedient. Thus he heals the miscarrying wate...

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  one . the one: i.e. of 2 Kings 6:3 .

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Elisha and the Siege of Samaria 1. The place where we dwell] The mention of the Jordan ( 2 Kings 6:2 ) suggests that these sons of the prophets dwelt near Jericho: cp. 2 Kings 2:5 . Probably Elis...

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  One. — Heb., the one , whoever it was. Be content. — Consent, or, be willing. Go with thy servants. — To superintend their work, and help them in case of unforeseen difficulty.

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS 2 Kings 6:1-23 "Now there was found in the city a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city." - Ecclesiastes 9:15 ELISHA, unlike his master Elijah, was,...

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Servant of the Lord of Battles 2 Kings 6:1-13 To us, the first of these miracles may appear somewhat trivial, but we must remember the value of an iron axe-head at that time, the inconvenie...

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The incident of the swimming of the iron axe head is interesting, but quite secondary. The chief value of the story lies in its revelation of the influence Elisha was exerting in the nation. The grow...

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  It will not be doing violence to this passage to look through the servant to his Lord in it. In all my goings forth shall I not say to thee, thou blessed Jesus, go I pray thee with thy servant? Yes!...

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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 h...

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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...

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  "TOO SMALL FOR US" (vv.1-7) The sons of the prophets are often spoken of in connection with Elisha's history, but when banded together, they did nothing (so far as the record goes) that indicate...

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Iron Made to Swim. B. C. 893.       1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold no...

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Elisha Causes An Axe Head To Float ( 2 Kings 6:1-7 ). This seemingly trivial incident is probably intended by the prophetic author to lay emphasis on an important fact. Just as the axe head was bo...

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  ELISHA AND THE SYRIAN INVASION CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 6:2 . Take thence every man a beam —The wooded banks of the Jordan would furnish timber readily; probably Bethel or Jeric...

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  2 Kings 6:1 . And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. It seems to have been a habit of the prophets to gather about the...

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  2 Kings 6:1 . Sons of the prophets. See on 2 Kings 2:3 ; 2 Kings 2:5 . Their number had evidently encreased, though in evil times. Their college was a plain home-built house. 2 Kings 6:5 . Bo...

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The place where we dwell is too strait for us. A church-extension enterprise If there was a church in Israel at all, the school of the prophets undoubtedly constituted a part of that church. Th...

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Verse 1-7:20 FURTHER MIRACLES WROUGHT BY ELISHA . The historian relates first a (comparatively) private miracle wrought by Elisha in the vicinity of Jericho, for the benef...

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Swimming of the Ax-Head.

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Kings 5:23 ; Job 6:28 ; Judges 19:6 ; Judges 4:8

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• 2 Kings 6:3 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Lessons in Service 2 Kings 6:1-7 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Old Testament is written for our instruction, upon whom the end of the ages is come. Its chief message is Jesus Christ. However, there i...

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