2 Kings 6:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we live with you is too small for us.

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  • 2 Kgs 2:3 : 3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came to Elisha and said to him, Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you today? And he said, Yes, I know it; be quiet.
  • 2 Kgs 4:38 : 38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.
  • Job 36:16 : 16 Even so would he have brought you out of distress into a broad place, where there is no tightness; and that which should be set on your table would be full of abundance.
  • Isa 49:19-20 : 19 For your waste and your desolate places, and the land of your destruction, shall now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and those who swallowed you up shall be far away. 20 The children which you shall have, after you have lost the other, shall say again in your ears, The place is too narrow for me: give place to me that I may dwell.
  • Isa 54:2-3 : 2 Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations: do not spare, lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes; 3 For you shall break forth on the right hand and on the left; and your descendants shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
  • Josh 17:14 : 14 The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why have you given us only one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing we are a great people since the LORD has blessed us so far?"
  • Josh 19:47 : 47 And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt there, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
  • 1 Sam 19:20 : 20 And Saul sent messengers to take David; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
  • 1 Kgs 20:35 : 35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor in the word of the LORD, Strike me, I pray you. And the man refused to strike him.
  • 2 Kgs 4:1 : 1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant feared the LORD: and the creditor has come to take my two sons to be slaves.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Kgs 6:2-4
    3 verses
    85%

    2 Let us go, we pray you, to the Jordan, and take from there each man a beam, and let us make a place there where we may dwell. And he answered, Go.

    3 And one said, Please be content, and go with your servants. And he answered, I will go.

    4 So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

  • 2 Kgs 2:2-9
    8 verses
    69%

    2 And Elijah said to Elisha, Stay here, I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said to him, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel.

    3 And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came to Elisha and said to him, Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you today? And he said, Yes, I know it; be quiet.

    4 And Elijah said to him, Elisha, stay here, I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they came to Jericho.

    5 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha and said to him, Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you today? And he answered, Yes, I know it; be quiet.

    6 And Elijah said to him, Stay here, I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And they both went on.

    7 And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood far off: and they two stood by Jordan.

    8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that they two went over on dry ground.

    9 And it happened, when they had crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken away from you. And Elisha said, I pray you, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.

  • 2 Kgs 2:14-16
    3 verses
    69%

    14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and struck the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? And when he also had struck the waters, they divided here and there: and Elisha went over.

    15 And when the sons of the prophets who were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

    16 And they said to him, Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek your master: lest perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, You shall not send.

  • 2 Kgs 4:9-10
    2 verses
    69%

    9 And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us continually.

    10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray you, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he comes to us, that he shall turn in there.

  • 2 Kgs 4:1-3
    3 verses
    68%

    1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant feared the LORD: and the creditor has come to take my two sons to be slaves.

    2 And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house? And she said, Your maidservant has nothing in the house except a pot of oil.

    3 Then he said, Go, borrow vessels abroad from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

  • 2 Kgs 4:38
    68%

    38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.

  • 2 Kgs 6:18-21
    4 verses
    68%

    18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, and said, Strike this people, I pray, with blindness. And he struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

    19 And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek. But he led them to Samaria.

    20 And it came to pass, when they had come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

    21 And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I strike them? shall I strike them?

  • 2 Kgs 2:19
    68%

    19 And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, I pray you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees: but the water is bad, and the ground barren.

  • 2 Kgs 8:1
    67%

    1 Then Elisha spoke to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise, and go you and your household, and stay wherever you can stay: for the LORD has called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land for seven years."

  • Isa 49:20
    67%

    20 The children which you shall have, after you have lost the other, shall say again in your ears, The place is too narrow for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

  • 2 Kgs 6:11-13
    3 verses
    67%

    11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was greatly troubled by this thing; and he called his servants, and said to them, Will you not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?

    12 And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.

    13 And he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and bring him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

  • 2 Chr 6:18
    66%

    18 But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house which I have built!

  • 2 Kgs 6:15-16
    2 verses
    66%

    15 And when the servant of the man of God arose early, and went out, behold, an army surrounded the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! what shall we do?

    16 And he answered, Fear not: for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.

  • Amos 6:11
    66%

    11 For behold, the LORD commands, and He will strike the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

  • 2 Kgs 9:1
    66%

    1 And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up your loins, and take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead:

  • 2 Kgs 3:13
    66%

    13 And Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother." And the king of Israel said to him, "No, for the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab."

  • 2 Kgs 3:11
    66%

    11 But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?" And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, "Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah."

  • 2 Kgs 6:8-9
    2 verses
    66%

    8 Then the king of Syria waged war against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.

    9 And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you do not pass such a place; for there the Syrians have come down.

  • 2 Kgs 6:32
    66%

    32 But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man ahead of him: but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

  • Gen 13:6
    65%

    6 And the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together: for their possessions were great, so that they could not dwell together.

  • Ezek 40:12
    65%

    12 There was a barrier before the gate chambers, one cubit on this side and one cubit on that side; the chambers were six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side.

  • 1 Kgs 6:6
    65%

    6 The lowest chamber was five cubits wide, the middle six cubits wide, and the third seven cubits wide; for he made narrowed rests all around outside of the house, so the beams would not be fastened into the walls of the house.

  • 1 Kgs 17:2
    65%

    2 And the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

  • Isa 5:8
    65%

    8 Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, till there is no place, that they may dwell alone in the midst of the earth!

  • 2 Kgs 4:6
    65%

    6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me another vessel. And he said to her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stopped.

  • 2 Kgs 5:9
    65%

    9 So Naaman came with his horses and chariot, and stood at the door of Elisha's house.

  • Judg 19:13
    65%

    13 He said to his servant, "Come, let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night in Gibeah or in Ramah."

  • 2 Kgs 7:3
    65%

    3 And there were four leprous men at the entry of the gate: and they said one to another, Why do we sit here until we die?

  • Isa 54:2
    64%

    2 Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations: do not spare, lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes;