2 Kings 6:2

Translations

Modern

Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha.

Traditional

Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.

Literal

Let us go, please, to the Jordan, and let take from there each man one beam, and let us make to us there a place where we may dwell there.” And he answered, “Go.”

Latin

Eamus usque ad Jordanem, et tollant singuli de silva materias singulas, ut ædificemus nobis ibi locum ad habitandum. Qui dixit: Ite.

Original

Hebrew

English

Please let us go to the Jordan, where each of us can get a log so we can build ourselves a place to live there.” “Go,” said Elisha.

Notes

2 Kings 6:1–2

a log … a place to live: The forest areas of the Jordan Valley near Jericho and Gilgal offered various types of wood for building (see 2 Kings 2:1, 4).

Theme notes and profiles

Elijah Elisha

Events

Prophecies of Elisha

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Places

Jordan: A river and region, significant in Israel's history

Glossary

Jordan River Kings, Books of First and Second Sons of the Prophets

Topics

the River Jordan: The Plains of Thickly Wooded Trees were Cut Down for Building

2 Kings 6:2

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