2 Kings 6:2 (ASV)

Passage

Let us go, we pray thee, unto the 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.

Nearby Context

2 Kings 6:1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.

2 Kings 6:2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto the 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.

2 Kings 6:3 And one said, Be pleased, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.

2 Kings 6:4 So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "pray", "thee", "jordan", "take", "thence", "beam", "make", and "place". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "pray" and "thee", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "And the sons of the prophets said..." into verse 3's "And one said Be pleased I pray...", so "pray" and "thee" belong inside that flow. In 2 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "pray" and "thee" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.