"And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go." — 2 Kings 6:3

2 Kings 6:3 · KJV

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

— 2 Kings 6:3

Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

Verse 4

So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

2 Kings 6 — Context

And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.

Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

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

So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.

But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. {axe head: Heb. iron}

Cross References

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.

Job 6:28

Now therefore be content, look upon me; for {it is} evident unto you if I lie. {evident...: Heb. before your face}

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.

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.

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