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2 Kings 6:4

So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Bible Stories for Children;   Children;   Home;   Jordan;   Pleasant Sunday Afternoons;   Religion;   Stories for Children;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Miracle;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Rivers and Waterways in the Bible;   Sons of the Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jehoram;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Samaria;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Elisha ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elisha;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Prophets;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elisha;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So he went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
Hebrew Names Version
So he went with them. When they came to the Yarden, they cut down wood.
King James Version
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
English Standard Version
So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
New Century Version
so he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they cut down some trees.
New English Translation
So he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they started cutting down trees.
Amplified Bible
So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down [some of] the trees.
New American Standard Bible
So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So he went with them, & when they came to Iorden, they cut downe wood.
Legacy Standard Bible
So he went with them; and they came to the Jordan and cut down trees.
Contemporary English Version
and he left with them. They went to the Jordan River and began chopping down trees.
Complete Jewish Bible
so he went with them. When they arrived at the Yarden, they cut down trees;
Darby Translation
And he went with them. And they came to the Jordan and cut down the trees.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Elisha went with the group of prophets. When they arrived at the Jordan River, they began to cut down some trees.
George Lamsa Translation
So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
Good News Translation
and they set out together. When they arrived at the Jordan, they began to work.
Lexham English Bible
He went with them, and they went to the Jordan, and they cut down the trees.
Literal Translation
And he went with them. And they came to the Jordan, and cut down trees.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he wete with them. And whan they came to Iordane, they hewed downe tymber.
American Standard Version
So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
Bible in Basic English
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so he went with them: And when they came to Iordane, they cut downe wood.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
King James Version (1611)
So hee went with them: and when they came to Iordane, they cut downe wood.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he went with them, and they came to Jordan, and began to cut down wood.
English Revised Version
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
Berean Standard Bible
So Elisha went with them, and when they came to the Jordan, they began to cut down some trees.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne thei `hadden come to Jordan, thei hewiden trees.
Young's Literal Translation
And he goeth with them, and they come in to the Jordan, and cut down the trees,
Update Bible Version
So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
Webster's Bible Translation
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
World English Bible
So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
New King James Version
So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
New Living Translation
So he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they began cutting down trees.
New Revised Standard
So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So he went with them, - and, when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So he went with them. And when they were come to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
Revised Standard Version
So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
THE MESSAGE
He went with them. They came to the Jordan and started chopping down trees. As one of them was felling a timber, his axhead flew off and sank in the river. "Oh no, master!" he cried out. "And it was borrowed!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.

Contextual Overview

1 Now the sons of the men who tell what will happen in the future said to Elisha, "See, the place where we are living under your care is too small for us. 2 Let us go to the Jordan and each of us cut down a tree there. And let us make a place for us to live there." So Elisha said, "Go." 3 Then one of them said, "Be pleased to go with your servants." And Elisha answered, "I will go." 4 So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. 5 But as one of them was cutting a tree, the ax head fell into the water. The man cried out, "It is bad, sir! The ax belongs to another man, and I was to return it." 6 The man of God said, "Where did it fall?" And when he showed him the place, Elisha cut off a stick and threw it in, and the iron came to the top of the water. 7 He said, "Pick it up." So his servant put out his hand and took it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they cut down wood: Deuteronomy 19:5, Deuteronomy 29:11

Cross-References

Genesis 6:15
This is how you are to make it: The boat is to be as long as 150 long steps, as wide as twenty-five long steps, and eight times taller than a man.
Genesis 6:20
Two of all the kinds of birds, and animals, and every thing that moves on the ground are to be with you to keep them alive.
Genesis 6:21
And take with you every kind of food that is eaten, and store it. It will be food for you and for them."
Genesis 6:22
Noah did just what God told him to do.
Genesis 11:4
Then they said, "Come, let us build a city for ourselves, with a tower that touches the heavens. Let us make a name for ourselves, or else we may be sent everywhere over the whole earth."
Numbers 13:33
We saw the Nephilim there. (The sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim.) We looked like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them."
Numbers 16:2
They came in front of Moses, together with some of the sons of Israel. They had chosen 250 leaders of the people of Israel, well-known men.
Deuteronomy 3:11
(For only Og king of Bashan was left of the children of the Rephaim. His bed was made of iron. It is in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon. It was as long as five steps, and as wide as two long steps.)
1 Samuel 17:4
Then a strong fighter came out from the armies of the Philistines. His name was Goliath, from Gath. He was almost twice as tall as most men.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. Trees which grew upon the banks of it, to build their house with, at least for the rafters and flooring of it, supposing the walls to be built of stone.


 
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