2 Kings 6:1

An Axhead Floats

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

2 Kings 6:1 in Other Translations

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

1 Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "See, the place where we dwell under your charge is too small for us.

1 One day the group of prophets came to Elisha and told him, “As you can see, this place where we meet with you is too small.

1 One day the guild of prophets came to Elisha and said, "You can see that this place where we're living under your leadership is getting cramped - we have no elbow room.

1 The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "Please notice that the place where we live under your supervision is too small 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 The company of the prophets said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you is too small for us.

2 Let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a pole; and let us build a place there for us to meet.” And he said, “Go.”

3 Then one of them said, “Won’t you please come with your servants?” “I will,” Elisha replied.

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

5 As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron axhead fell into the water. “Oh no, my lord!” he cried out. “It was borrowed!”

Cross References

• 1. S 1 Samuel 10:5; 2 Kings 4:38