2 Kings 6:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So let us go to Jordan, and let everyone get to work cutting boards, and we will make a living-place for ourselves there. And he said to them, Go, then.

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  • John 21:3 : 3 Simon Peter said to them, I am going fishing. They said to him, And we will come with you. They went out and got into the boat; but that night they took no fish.
  • Acts 18:3 : 3 And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.
  • Acts 20:34-35 : 34 You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me. 35 In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.
  • 1 Cor 9:6 : 6 Or I only and Barnabas, have we no right to take a rest from work?
  • 1 Thess 2:9 : 9 For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.
  • 2 Thess 3:8 : 8 And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:
  • 1 Tim 6:6 : 6 But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit:

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  • 2 Kgs 6:1
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    1 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;

  • 2 Kgs 6:3-5
    3 verses
    83%

    3 And one of them said, Be pleased to go with your servants. And he said, I will go.

    4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they got to work cutting down trees.

    5 But one of them, while cutting a board, let the head of his axe go into the water; and he gave a cry, and said, This is a bad business, my master, for it is another's.

  • 2 Kgs 2:1-9
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    1 Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a great wind, Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

    2 And Elijah said to Elisha, Come no farther for the Lord has sent me to Beth-el. But Elisha said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went down to Beth-el.

    3 And at Beth-el the sons of the prophets came out to Elisha and said, Has it been made clear to you that the Lord is going to take away your master from over you today? And he said, Yes, I have knowledge of it: say no more.

    4 Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on to Jericho.

    5 And at Jericho the sons of the prophets came up to Elisha and said to him, Has it been made clear to you that the Lord is going to take away your master from over you today? And he said in answer, Yes, I have knowledge of it: say no more.

    6 Then Elijah said to him, Come no farther, for the Lord has sent me to Jordan. But he said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not be parted from you. So they went on together.

    7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went out and took their places facing them a long way off, while the two of them were by the edge of Jordan.

    8 Then Elijah took off his robe, and, rolling it up, gave the water a blow with it, and the waters were parted, flowing back this way and that, so that they went over on dry land.

    9 And when they had come to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, Say what you would have me do for you before I am taken from you. And Elisha said, Be pleased to let a special measure of your spirit be on me.

  • 2 Kgs 4:10
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    10 So let us make a little room on the wall; and put a bed there for him, and a table and a seat and a light; so that when he comes to us, he will be able to go in there.

  • 2 Kgs 4:2-3
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    71%

    2 Then Elisha said to her, What am I to do for you? say now, what have you in the house? And she said, Your servant has nothing in the house but a pot of oil.

    3 Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them.

  • 2 Kgs 2:13-16
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    13 Then he took up Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and went back till he came to the edge of Jordan.

    14 And he took Elijah's robe, which had been dropped from him, and giving the water a blow with it, said, Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah? and at his blow the waters were parted this way and that; and Elisha went over.

    15 And when the sons of the prophets who were facing him at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha. And they came out to him, and went down on the earth before him.

    16 And they said, Your servants have with us here fifty strong men; be pleased to let them go in search of Elijah; for it may be that the spirit of the Lord has taken him up and put him down on some mountain or in some valley. But he said, Do not send them.

  • 2 Chr 2:16
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    16 And we will have wood cut from Lebanon, as much as you have need of, and will send it to you on flat boats by sea to Joppa, and from there you may take it up to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Kgs 6:13
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    13 Then he said, Go and see where he is, so that I may send and get him. And news came to him that he was in Dothan.

  • 2 Kgs 6:19
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    19 And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, and this is not the town: come after me so that I may take you to the man you are searching for. And he took them to Samaria.

  • 2 Kgs 8:1
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    1 Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had given back to life, Go now, with all the people of your house, and get a living-place for yourselves wherever you are able; for by the word of the Lord, there will be great need of food in the land; and this will go on for seven years.

  • Hag 1:8
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    8 Go up to the hills and get wood and put up the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be honoured, says the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 3:8
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    8 And he said, Which way are we to go? And he said in answer, By the waste land of Edom.

  • 2 Kgs 2:18-19
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    18 And they came back to him, while he was still at Jericho; and he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not?

    19 Now the men of the town said to Elisha, You see that the position of this town is good; but the water is bad, causing the young of the cattle to come to birth dead.

  • Judg 19:13
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    13 And he said to his servant, Come, let us go on to one of these places, stopping for the night in Gibeah or Ramah.

  • Gen 33:12
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    12 And he said, Let us go on our journey together, and I will go in front.

  • Isa 2:5
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    5 O family of Jacob, come, and let us go in the light of the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 3:11-13
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    11 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no prophet of the Lord here, through whom we may get directions from the Lord? And one of the king of Israel's men said in answer, Elisha, the son of Shaphat, is here, who was servant to Elijah.

    12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

    13 But Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? go to the prophets of your father and your mother. And the king of Israel said, No; for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them up into the hands of Moab.

  • 2 Kgs 13:15
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    15 Then Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows: and he took bow and arrows.

  • Deut 3:25
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    25 Let me go over, O Lord, and see the good land on the other side of Jordan, and that fair mountain country, even Lebanon.

  • 1 Kgs 17:2
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    2 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 9:1
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    1 And Elisha the prophet sent for one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Make yourself ready for a journey, and take this bottle of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead.

  • 1 Kgs 13:15
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    15 Then he said to him, Come back to the house with me and have a meal.

  • Zech 8:21
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    21 And the people of one town go to another and say, Let us certainly go with a request for grace from the Lord, and to give worship to the Lord of armies, then I will go with you.

  • 2 Kgs 5:26
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    26 And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants?

  • 1 Kgs 22:6
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    6 So the king of Israel got all the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Am I to go to Ramoth-gilead to make war or not? And they said, Go up: for the Lord will give it into the hands of the king.

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    9 To get trees for me in great numbers, for the house which I am building is to be great and a wonder.

  • 1 Kgs 17:5
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    5 So he went and did as the Lord said, living by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.

  • 2 Kgs 6:8
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    21 And the king of Israel, when he saw them, said to Elisha, My father, am I to put them to the sword?

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    7 Make a move now, and go on your way into the hill-country of the Amorites and the places near it, in the Arabah and the hill-country and in the lowlands and in the South and by the seaside, all the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

  • Gen 35:3
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    3 And let us go up to Beth-el: and there I will make an altar to God, who gave me an answer in the day of my trouble, and was with me wherever I went.

  • Num 10:31
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    31 And he said, Do not go from us; for you will be eyes for us, guiding us to the right places in the waste land to put up our tents.