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Verse 2 Kings 6:2. _EVERY MAN A BEAM_] They made a sort of
_log-houses_ with their own hands....
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TAKE EVERY MAN A BEAM - Trees were rare in most parts of Palestine,
but plentiful in the Jordan Valley. Jericho was known in early times
as “the city of palms” Deuteronomy 34:3; Judges 1:16....
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5. ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS
CHAPTER 6
_ 1. The lost axe-head recovered (2 Kings 6:1)_
2. Elisha makes known Ben-hadad's plans (2 Kings 6:8)
3. Elisha's arrest planned (2 Kings 6:13)
4. The blinded
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AN AXEHEAD SWIMS. ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS AT DOTHAN. In several minor
miracles Elisha is always represented as working them not by his word,
but by some expedient. Thus he heals the miscarrying waters...
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_take thence every man a beam_ The Jordan valley was well timbered. We
see from this, as from previous passages, that these men did for
themselves such work as they required. Here they are ready to be...
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V. A LEVITATION MIRACLE 6:1-7
TRANSLATION
(1) And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now the
place where we sit before you is too cramped for us. (2) Let us go, we
pray you, unto the J...
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_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._
Let us go ... unto Jordan - whose wooded banks...
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ELISHA AND THE SIEGE OF SAMARIA
1. The place where we dwell] The mention of the Jordan (2 Kings 6:2)
suggests that these sons of the prophets dwelt near Jericho: cp. 2
Kings 2:5. Probably Elisha did...
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 6
THE AXE THAT THE MAN LOST
V1 The group of the *prophets spoke to Elisha. ‘The place where we
meet with you is too s...
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TAKE THENCE EVERY MAN A BEAM. — The Jordan valley was well wooded.
Its present bed is still “overarched by oleanders, acacias, thorns,
and similar shrubbery.” If all were to take part in felling the
t...
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נֵֽלְכָה ־נָּ֣א עַד ־הַ יַּרְדֵּ֗ן וְ
נִקְחָ֤
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ELISHA AND THE SYRIANS
2 Kings 6:1
"Now there was found in the city a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom
delivered the city."
- Ecclesiastes 9:15
ELISHA, unlike his master Elijah, was, during a gr...
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THE SERVANT OF THE LORD OF BATTLES
2 Kings 6:1
To us, the first of these miracles may appear somewhat trivial, but we
must remember the value of an iron axe-head at that time, the
inconvenience and d...
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The incident of the swimming of the iron axe head is interesting, but
quite secondary. The chief value of the story lies in its revelation
of the influence Elisha was exerting in the nation. The growt...
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Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a (a)
beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he
answered, Go ye.
(a) Or a piece of wood fit to build with....
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_Timber. Hebrew and Septuagint, "a beam." Salien supposes that these
prophets resided at Galgal. (Menochius)_...
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It will not be doing violence to this passage to look through the
servant to his Lord in it. In all my goings forth shall I not say to
thee, thou blessed Jesus, go I pray thee with thy servant? Yes!
d...
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However, the next chapter (2 Kings 3:1-27) brings us at once into
earthly circumstances. "Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign
over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of
J...
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_THE LOST AXE-HEAD_
‘And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the
place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. Let us go, we
pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every ma...
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The sons of the prophets must enlarge their dwelling-place, and
Elisha, who consents to go with them, secures them from the results of
their negligence by reversing the laws of nature. I know not if w...
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LET US GO, WE PRAY THEE, UNTO JORDAN,.... Which, according to Josephus
a, was fifty furlongs, or upwards of six miles, distant from Gilgal:
AND TAKE THENCE EVERY MAN A BEAM; by cutting down the trees...
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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.
Ver. 2. _Let us make us a place._] Though they we...
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_The sons of the prophet said to Elisha_ Probably those that were at
Gilgal, for that is the place last mentioned where the prophet was,
(chap. 2 Kings 4:38,) and was also near to Jordan. _Let us go u...
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1 Elisha giuing leaue to the yong Prophets to inlarge their dwellings,
causeth yron to swim.
8 Hee discloseth the king of Syria his counsell.
13 The armie which was sent to Dothan to apprehend Elish...
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The Swimming of the Ax-Head....
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Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan and take thence every man a beam,
by cutting down some of the large trees near the river and preparing
them for the walls of the new building, AND LET US MAKE US A...
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"TOO SMALL FOR US"
(vv.1-7)
The sons of the prophets are often spoken of in connection with
Elisha's history, but when banded together, they did nothing (so far
as the record goes) that indicated th...
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1-7 There is that pleasantness in the converse of servants of God,
which can make those who listen to them forget the pain and the
weariness of labour. Even the sons of the prophets must not be
unwil...
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2 Kings 6:2 go H3212 (H8799) Jordan H3383 man H376 take H3947 (H8799)
a H259 beam H6982 make...
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ELISHA CAUSES AN AXE HEAD TO FLOAT (2 KINGS 6:1).
This seemingly trivial incident is probably intended by the prophetic
author to lay emphasis on an important fact. Just as the axe head was
borrowed o...
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2 Kings 6:1
There are two conditions of real personal power in the world. One is
the power of insight, and it is that which redeems life from being
regarded as commonplace. Everything is tinged with h...
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2 Kings 6:1. _And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold
now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us._
It seems to have been a habit of the prophets to gather about them
c...
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CONTENTS: Elisha recovers the lost axe. Seige of Samaria by Syrians.
CHARACTERS: God, Elisha, Ben-hadad, Jehoram, nameless woman.
CONCLUSION: The Christian on his knees can see more than the
philosop...
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2 Kings 6:1. _Sons of the prophets._ See on 2 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 2:5.
Their number had evidently encreased, though in evil times. Their
college was a plain home-built house....
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_Take thence every man a beam._
EVERY MAN A BEAM
I. The sons of the prophets procured for themselves what they wanted.
The college had become too small. There was not room enough for the
increasing n...
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_The place where we dwell is too strait for us._
A CHURCH-EXTENSION ENTERPRISE
If there was a church in Israel at all, the school of the prophets
undoubtedly constituted a part of that church. They...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 6:1 With the healing of Naaman, Elisha has
involved himself with Syria for the first time. That involvement now
occupies most of the next two chapters, as the authors prepare t...
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ELISHA AND THE SYRIAN INVASION
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 6:2. TAKE THENCE EVERY MAN A BEAM—The wooded banks of the
Jordan would furnish timber readily; probably Bethel or Jericho.
Alth...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-7:20
FURTHER MIRACLES WROUGHT BY ELISHA. The historian relates first a
(comparatively) private miracle wrought by Elisha in the vicinity of
Jericho, for the benefit of one of the ...
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Now Naaman was the captain of the host of Syria, he was a great man
with his master, he was honorable, because the LORD had actually
helped him to subdue many nations. He was a mighty man and very bra...
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1 Corinthians 9:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; 1 Timothy 6:6; 2 Thessalonians
3:8;...
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LESSONS IN SERVICE
2 Kings 6:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The Old Testament is written for our instruction, upon whom the end of
the ages is come. Its chief message is Jesus Christ. However, there is
an ab...
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Jordan — To the woods near Jordan. A beam — A piece of timber for
the building. Hence it may be gathered, that although the sons of the
prophets principally devoted themselves to religious exercises,...