King James Version
2 Kings 6:4 in the King James Version says “So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.”
2 Kings 6:4 · KJV
Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. axe head: Heb. iron
And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“with them And when they came”
H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
“they cut down”
H1504to cut down or off; (figuratively) to destroy, divide, exclude, or decide
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