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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 6:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ki 6:2 |
Strong Concordance |
Let us go [03212], we pray thee, unto Jordan [03383], and take [03947] thence every man [0376] a [0259] beam [06982], and let us make [06213] us a place [04725] there, where we may dwell [03427]. And he answered [0559], Go [03212] ye. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan--whose wooded banks would furnish plenty of timber. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| 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" Deu 34:3; Jdg 1:16. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| 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, yet they sometimes employed themselves about manual arts. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Every man a beam - They made a sort of log-houses with their own hands. |
16 And the children [01121] of the Kenite [07017], Moses [04872]' father in law [02859], went up [05927] out of the city [05892] of palm trees [08558] [05899] with the children [01121] of Judah [03063] into the wilderness [04057] of Judah [03063], which lieth in the south [05045] of Arad [06166]; and they went [03212] and dwelt [03427] among [0854] the people [05971].
3 And the south [05045], and the plain [03603] of the valley [01237] of Jericho [03405], the city [05892] of palm trees [08558] [05899], unto Zoar [06820].