2 Kings 6:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 19:5 : 5 For example, if a man goes into the woods with his neighbour for the purpose of cutting down trees, and when he takes his axe to give a blow to the tree, the head of the axe comes off, and falling on to his neighbour gives him a wound causing his death; then the man may go in flight to one of these towns and be safe:
  • Deut 29:11 : 11 And your little ones, your wives, and the men of other lands who are with you in your tents, down to the wood-cutter and the servant who gets water for you:

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  • 2 Kgs 6:2-3
    2 verses
    84%

    2So 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.

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

  • 2 Kgs 6:5-7
    3 verses
    81%

    5But 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.

    6And the man of God said, Where did it go in? and when he saw the place where it had gone into the water, cutting a stick, he put it into the water, and the iron came up to the top of the water.

    7Then he said, Take it up. So he put out his hand and took it.

  • 2 Chr 2:16
    73%

    16And 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.

  • Judg 9:48
    70%

    48Then Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, with all his people; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand and, cutting down branches of trees, took them and put them on his back. And he said to the people who were with him, Be quick and do as you have seen me do.

  • 2 Kgs 2:6-8
    3 verses
    70%

    6Then 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.

    7And 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.

    8Then 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.

  • 2 Chr 2:8
    70%

    8And send me cedar-trees, cypress-trees and sandal-wood from Lebanon, for, to my knowledge, your servants are expert wood-cutters in Lebanon; and my servants will be with yours,

  • Isa 44:14
    69%

    14He has cedars cut down for himself, he takes an oak and lets it get strong among the trees of the wood; he has an ash-tree planted, and the rain gives it growth.

  • 2 Kgs 4:18
    69%

    18Now one day, when the child was older, he went out to his father to where the grain was being cut.

  • Judg 3:28
    69%

    28And he said to them, Come after me; for the Lord has given the Moabites, your haters, into your hands. So they went down after him and took the crossing-places of Jordan against Moab, and let no one go across.

  • Deut 19:5
    69%

    5For example, if a man goes into the woods with his neighbour for the purpose of cutting down trees, and when he takes his axe to give a blow to the tree, the head of the axe comes off, and falling on to his neighbour gives him a wound causing his death; then the man may go in flight to one of these towns and be safe:

  • 2 Sam 19:31
    69%

    31And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went on as far as Jordan with the king to take him across Jordan.

  • Josh 9:27
    69%

    27And that day Joshua made them servants, cutting wood and getting water for the people and for the altar of the Lord, in the place marked out by him, to this day.

  • Ps 74:5
    69%

    5They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.

  • Gen 22:6
    68%

    6And Abraham put the wood for the burned offering on his son's back, and he himself took the fire and the knife in his hand, and the two of them went on together.

  • 2 Sam 19:15
    68%

    15So the king came back, and came as far as Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, meeting the king there, to take him back with them over Jordan.

  • Judg 9:8
    68%

    8One day the trees went out to make a king for themselves; and they said to the olive-tree, Be king over us.

  • 1 Kgs 18:33
    68%

    33And he put the wood in order, and, cutting up the ox, put it on the wood. Then he said, Get four vessels full of water and put it on the burned offering and on the wood. And he said, Do it a second time, and they did it a second time;

  • 1 Sam 13:20-21
    2 verses
    68%

    20But all the Israelites had to go to the Philistines to get their ploughs and blades and axes and hooks made sharp;

    21For they had instruments for putting an edge on their ploughs and blades and forks and axes, and for putting iron points on their ox-driving rods.

  • 1 Sam 6:14
    68%

    14And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and came to a stop there by a great stone: and cutting up the wood of the cart they made a burned offering of the cows to the Lord.

  • Judg 8:4
    68%

    4Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.

  • Num 13:23
    68%

    23And they came to the valley of Eshcol, and cutting down a vine-branch with its grapes, two of them took it on a rod between them; and they took some pomegranates and figs.

  • 2 Kgs 2:13-14
    2 verses
    68%

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

    14And 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.

  • Gen 18:4
    67%

    4Let me get water for washing your feet, and take your rest under the tree:

  • 1 Kgs 13:14
    67%

    14And went after the man of God, and came up with him while he was seated under an oak-tree. And he said to him, Are you the man of God who came from Judah? And he said, I am.

  • 1 Kgs 5:6
    67%

    6So now, will you have cedar-trees from Lebanon cut down for me, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you payment for your servants at whatever rate you say; for it is common knowledge that we have no such wood-cutters among us as the men of Zidon.

  • 2 Kgs 10:12
    67%

    12Then he got up and came to Samaria. And he was at the meeting-place of the keepers of sheep, by the way,

  • 2 Sam 18:6
    67%

    6So the people went out into the field against Israel, and the fight took place in the woods of Ephraim.

  • 1 Kgs 17:5
    67%

    5So he went and did as the Lord said, living by the stream Cherith, east of Jordan.

  • 2 Sam 19:36
    67%

    36Your servant's desire was only to take the king over Jordan; why is the king to give me such a reward?

  • 2 Kgs 2:4
    67%

    4Then 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.

  • Isa 10:34
    67%

    34And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.

  • Jer 46:22
    67%

    22She makes a sound like the hiss of a snake when they come on with strength; they go against her with axes, like wood-cutters.

  • Lam 5:13
    67%

    13The young men were crushing the grain, and the boys were falling under the wood.

  • Judg 9:10
    67%

    10Then the trees said to the fig-tree, You come and be king over us.

  • 2 Kgs 3:12
    67%

    12And 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.

  • 2 Sam 17:22
    67%

    22So David and all the people who were with him went up over Jordan: when dawn came, every one of them had gone over Jordan.

  • 2 Kgs 10:16
    67%

    16And he said, Come with me and see how I am on fire for the Lord's cause. So he made him go with him in his carriage.

  • Isa 10:15
    67%

    15Will the axe say high-sounding words against him who is using it, or the blade be full of pride against him who is cutting with it? As if a rod had the power of shaking him who is using it, or as if a stick might take up him who is not wood.

  • 2 Kgs 3:8
    67%

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

  • Jer 10:3
    67%

    3For that which is feared by the people is foolish: it is the work of the hands of the workman; for a tree is cut down by him out of the woods with his axe.

  • 1 Kgs 19:21
    67%

    21And he went back, and took the oxen and put them to death, and cooking their flesh with the yokes of the oxen, he gave the people a feast. Then he got up and went after Elijah and became his servant.