2 Kings 6:5

Contextual Overview

¹The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “Please notice that the place where we live under your supervision is too small for us. ¹ The sons of the prophets said to Elisha, See now, the place where we dwell before you is too strait for us. ¹ And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. ¹ Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "See, the place where we dwell under your charge is too small for us. ¹ The groups of prophets said to Elisha, "The place where we meet with you is too small for us. ¹ Some of the prophets said to Elisha, "Look, the place where we meet with you is too cramped for us. ¹Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "Look now, the place where we live near you is too small for us. ¹ Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "Behold now, the place before you where we are living is too cramped for us. ¹ And the children of the Prophets saide vnto Elisha, Behold, we pray thee, the place where we dwell with thee, is too litle for vs. ¹And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "Behold now, the place before you where we are living is too limited for us.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ax head: Heb. iron, Ecclesiastes 10:10, Isaiah 10:34

master: 2 Kings 6:15, 2 Kings 3:10, Revelation 18:10, Revelation 18:16, Revelation 18:19

for it was borrowed: 2 Kings 4:7, Exodus 22:14, Exodus 22:15, Psalms 37:21

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 19:5 - head

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
It happened, when men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

Genesis 6:1
And it happened that, when humankind began to multiply on the face of the ground, daughters were born to them.

Genesis 6:1
The number of people on earth began to grow, and daughters were born to them.

Genesis 6:1
When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
Now it happened, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
Now it came about, when mankind began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
So when men beganne to be multiplied vpon the earth, and there were daughters borne vnto them,

Genesis 6:1
Now it happened, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
More and more people were born, until finally they spread all over the earth. Some of their daughters were so beautiful that supernatural beings came down and married the ones they wanted.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But as one was felling a beam,.... Cutting down a tree, or a branch of it:

the axe head fell into the water: into the waters of Jordan; or "the iron" d, the iron part of it, with which the wood was cut; that flew off from the helve into the water:

and he cried, and said, alas, master! for it was borrowed: it grieved him to lose his axe, because he could do no more work, and the more because it was not his own, but he had borrowed it of his neighbour; and still more, because, as it seems, he was poor, and not able to pay for it, which, being of an honest disposition, gave him distress.

d הברזל "ferrum", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The ax head - literally, as in the margin. The Jews used iron for the heads of axes at a very early date (see Deuteronomy 19:5). They probably acquired a knowledge of the smelting process in Egypt, where iron was employed at least from the time of the third Rameses.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 6:5. Alas, master! for it was borrowed. — אהה אדני והוא שאול ahah adonia, vehu shaul! Ah! ah, my master; and it has been sought. It has fallen in, and I have sought it in vain. Or, it was borrowed, and therefore I am the more afflicted for its loss; and Jarchi adds, I have nothing wherewith to repay it.