2 Kings 6:1

Elisha Recovers a Lost Axe Head

1 Then the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "Please look; the place where we are living before you [is] too cramped for us.

2 Kings 6:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 6:1

And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha
Or the disciples of the prophets, as the Targum:

behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us:
their numbers were so increased, that there was not room enough for them in the house they dwelt in with the prophet; which increase was owing, the Jews ^F26 say, to the departure of Gehazi last mentioned, who was a bad man, and used the disciples so ill, that they could not stay in the college; but, when he was gone, they flocked in great numbers; but rather it was owing to the very instructive ministry and wonderful miracles of Elisha: the place where the prophet and his disciples now dwelt seems to be Gilgal, ( 2 Kings 4:38 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 107. 2.

2 Kings 6:1 In-Context

1 Then the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "Please look; the place where we are living before you [is] too cramped for us.

2 Let us please go to the Jordan and each bring from there one log that we might make a place there for us to live." Then he said, "Do so."

3 Then a certain one said, "Please be prepared and go with your servants," and he said, "I will go."

4 He went with them, and they went to the Jordan, and they cut down the trees.

5 It happened as the one [was] felling the log, that the iron ax fell into the water. He called out and said, "Oh, no! My master, it was borrowed!"