2 Kings 6:1-6

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

2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto the Jordan, and each one take a beam from there, and let us make us a place there where we may dwell. And he answered, Go.

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

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

5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water, and he cried and said, Alas, master! It was borrowed.

6 And the man of God said, Where did it fall? And he showed him the place. Then he cut down a stick and cast it in there and caused the iron to swim.

2 Kings 6:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 6

In this chapter are recorded other wonders of Elisha, as causing iron to swim, 2Ki 6:1-7 having knowledge of the secret counsels of the king of Syria, which he disclosed to the king of Israel, 2Ki 6:8-12 smiting the Syrian army with blindness sent to take him, and which he led into the midst of Samaria, 2Ki 6:13-23, and the chapter is closed with an account of the siege of Samaria, and a sore famine in it, 2Ki 6:24-33.