2nd Kings Chapter 6 verse 1 Holy Bible
And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.
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Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, There is not room enough for us in the place where we are living under your care;
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And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.
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And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
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And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too narrow for us.
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The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, See now, the place where we dwell before you is too strait for us.
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And sons of the prophet say unto Elisha, `Lo, we pray thee, the place where we are dwelling before thee is too strait for us;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - 2 Kings 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 "sons of the prophets" (vers. 1-8). He then tells us briVerse 1. - And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee - literally, before thee - is too strait for us. The scene of this miracle is probably the vicinity of Jericho, since both Gilgal and Bethel were remote from the Jordan. The "school of the prophets" at Jericho, whereof we heard in 2 Kings 2:5, 19, had increased so much, that the buildings which hitherto had accommodated it were no longer sufficient. A larger dwelling, or set of dwelling, was thought to be necessary; but the scholars would make no change without the sanction of their master. When he comes on one of his circuits, they make appeal to him.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersVI.THE HISTORY OF ELISHA'S MIGHTY WORKS CONTINUED.(1-7) The prophet causes an iron ax-head to float ?n the Jordan.(1) And the sons of the prophets said.--The form of the verb implies connection with the preceding narrative; but as the section refers to Elisha's activity among the sons of the prophets, it was probably connected originally with 2Kings 4:44. The compiler may have transferred it to its present position in order, as Thenius suggests, to indicate the lapse of some time between the events described here and there; and further, to separate the account of the renewed warfare between Syria and Israel (2Kings 6:8, seq.) from that of Elisha's good deed to Naaman the Syrian.The place where we dwell with thee.--Rather, the place where we sit before thee: scil., habitually, for instruction. The phrase occurred in 2Kings 4:38. The common hall is meant; whether that at Gilgal or at Jericho is uncertain. Jericho was close to the Jordan (2Kings 6:2), but that does not prove that it is meant here. The prophet's disciples did not live in a single building, like a community of monks. Their settlement is called "dwellings" (n?yoth) in the plural (1Samuel 19:18); and they could be married (2Kings 4:1). . . .
