2 Kings 6:3

3 Then one of them said, "Won't you please come with us?" "I will," Elisha replied.

2 Kings 6:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 6:3

And one said, be content, I pray thee, and with thy servants,
&c.] 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.

2 Kings 6:3 In-Context

1 The company of the prophets spoke to Elisha. They said, "Look. The place where we meet with you is too small for us.

2 We would like to go to the Jordan River. Each of us can get some wood there. We want to build a place there for us to live in." Elisha said, "Go."

3 Then one of them said, "Won't you please come with us?" "I will," Elisha replied.

4 And he went with them. They went to the Jordan. There they began to cut down trees.

5 One of them was cutting a tree down. The iron blade of his ax fell into the water. "Master!" he cried out. "This ax was borrowed!"