2 Kings 6:4

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So he went with them, and they came to the Jordan and began cutting down trees.

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  • Deut 19:5 : 5 for instance, when a man goes with his neighbor into the forest to cut wood and his hand swings the axe to cut the tree, and the iron head slips off the handle and strikes his neighbor, and he dies—that man may flee to one of these cities and live.
  • Deut 29:11 : 11 You are entering into the covenant of the LORD your God and His oath, which the LORD your God is making with you today.

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  • 2 Kgs 6:2-3
    2 verses
    84%

    2Let us go to the Jordan, and let each of us take a log from there, and let us build a place for us to live there. And he said, "Go."

    3Then one of them said, "Please come with your servants." And he answered, "I will go."

  • 2 Kgs 6:5-7
    3 verses
    81%

    5But as one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron ax head fell into the water. He cried out, "Oh no, my master! It was borrowed!"

    6The man of God asked, "Where did it fall?" When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick, threw it there, and the iron floated.

    7Then he said, "Lift it out." So the man reached out his hand and took it.

  • 2 Chr 2:16
    73%

    16Then Solomon counted all the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, as his father David had counted them, and they were found to be 153,600.

  • Judg 9:48
    70%

    48he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. There, Abimelech took an axe, cut off a branch from a tree, lifted it onto his shoulder, and said to his men, "What you have seen me do, hurry and do likewise."

  • 2 Kgs 2:6-8
    3 verses
    70%

    6Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me to the Jordan." But Elisha replied, "As the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So the two of them went on.

    7Fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan.

    8Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up, and struck the water with it. The water divided to the right and to the left, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.

  • 2 Chr 2:8
    70%

    8Provide a large amount of timber for me, because the house I am building will be great and extraordinary.

  • Isa 44:14
    69%

    14He cuts down cedars or chooses a cypress or an oak. He lets it grow strong among the trees of the forest. He plants a pine, and the rain makes it grow.

  • 2 Kgs 4:18
    69%

    18The child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the reapers.

  • Judg 3:28
    69%

    28He said to them, 'Follow me, for the Lord has given your enemies, the Moabites, into your hands.' So they followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.

  • Deut 19:5
    69%

    5for instance, when a man goes with his neighbor into the forest to cut wood and his hand swings the axe to cut the tree, and the iron head slips off the handle and strikes his neighbor, and he dies—that man may flee to one of these cities and live.

  • 2 Sam 19:31
    69%

    31Mephibosheth said to the king, 'Let him take everything, now that my lord the king has returned home safely.'

  • Josh 9:27
    69%

    27On that day, Joshua made them woodcutters and water carriers for the assembly and for the altar of the LORD at the place He would choose. And they continue to do so to this day.

  • Ps 74:5
    69%

    5It appeared like one lifting up axes against a thick forest.

  • Gen 22:6
    68%

    6Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He carried the fire and the knife in his own hands, and the two of them walked on together.

  • 2 Sam 19:15
    68%

    15He won over the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one person. They sent word to the king, 'Return, you and all your men.'

  • Judg 9:8
    68%

    8The trees once went out to anoint a king over themselves. They said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us.'

  • 1 Kgs 18:33
    68%

    33He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces, and laid it on the wood.

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

    20So all the Israelites had to go down to the Philistines to sharpen each person's plowshare, mattock, axe, or sickle.

    21The price for sharpening plowshares, mattocks, pitchforks, and axes, or for setting goads, was two-thirds of a shekel.

  • 1 Sam 6:14
    68%

    14The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh and stopped there beside a large stone. They chopped up the wood of the cart, and they offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.

  • Judg 8:4
    68%

    4Then Gideon and his three hundred men, exhausted yet pursuing, came to the Jordan and crossed it.

  • Num 13:23
    68%

    23When they reached the Valley of Eshcol, they cut off a branch with a single cluster of grapes. They carried it on a pole between two of them, along with some pomegranates and figs.

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

    13Elisha picked up Elijah's cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.

    14He took the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and struck the water with it. 'Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?' he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over.

  • Gen 18:4
    67%

    4Let a little water be brought so you can wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

  • 1 Kgs 13:14
    67%

    14He went after the man of God and found him sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, 'Are you the man of God who came from Judah?' He replied, 'I am.'

  • 1 Kgs 5:6
    67%

    6Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots and twelve thousand horsemen.

  • 2 Kgs 10:12
    67%

    12Then Jehu set out and went to Samaria. Along the way, he came to Beth-Eked of the Shepherds.

  • 2 Sam 18:6
    67%

    6The army went out to the field to confront Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

  • 1 Kgs 17:5
    67%

    5So he went and did as the word of the LORD directed him. He went and stayed by the Brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.

  • 2 Sam 19:36
    67%

    36I am now eighty years old. Can I tell the difference between what is good and bad? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

  • 2 Kgs 2:4
    67%

    4Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me to Jericho." But Elisha replied, "As the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went to Jericho.

  • Isa 10:34
    67%

    34He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an axe, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

  • Jer 46:22
    67%

    22Her voice will hiss like a serpent as they advance in force; with axes they come against her, like those who cut down trees.

  • Lam 5:13
    67%

    13Young men toil at the grinding millstones, and boys stumble under heavy loads of wood.

  • Judg 9:10
    67%

    10Then the trees said to the fig tree, 'You come and reign over us.'

  • 2 Kgs 3:12
    67%

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

  • 2 Sam 17:22
    67%

    22So David and all the people with him arose and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, not a single one was left who had not crossed the Jordan.

  • 2 Kgs 10:16
    67%

    16Then Jehu said, "Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD." So he had him ride in his chariot.

  • Isa 10:15
    67%

    15Does the axe exalt itself above the one who wields it? Or does the saw boast against the one who moves it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff acting as though it were not made of wood.

  • 2 Kgs 3:8
    67%

    8Jehoram asked, "Which route shall we take?" And Jehoshaphat answered, "Through the wilderness of Edom."

  • Jer 10:3
    67%

    3For the customs of the nations are worthless. They cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped by the hands of a craftsman with a chisel.

  • 1 Kgs 19:21
    67%

    21Elisha returned, took the pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. Using the equipment of the oxen, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he got up, followed Elijah, and became his attendant.