2 Kings 6:4 (DRB)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

2 Kings 6:2 Let us go as far as the Jordan, and take out of the wood every man a piece of timber, that we may build us there a place to dwell in. And he said: Go.

2 Kings 6:3 And one of them said: But come thou also with thy servants. He answered: I will come.

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

2 Kings 6:5 And it happened, as one was felling some timber, that the head of the ax fell into the water: and he cried out, and said: Alas, alas, alas, my lord, for this same was borrowed.

2 Kings 6:6 And the man of God said: Where did it fall? and he shewed him the place: Then he cut off a piece of wood, and cast it in thither: and the iron swam.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "went", "come", "jordan", "down", and "wood". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "went" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "And one of them said But come..." into verse 5's "And it happened as one was felling...", so "went" and "come" 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 "went" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.