2 Kings 6:1

1 Now the company of prophets said to Elisha, "As you see, the place where we live under your charge is too small for us.

2 Kings 6:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 6:1

And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha
Or the disciples of the prophets, as the Targum:

behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us:
their numbers were so increased, that there was not room enough for them in the house they dwelt in with the prophet; which increase was owing, the Jews ^F26 say, to the departure of Gehazi last mentioned, who was a bad man, and used the disciples so ill, that they could not stay in the college; but, when he was gone, they flocked in great numbers; but rather it was owing to the very instructive ministry and wonderful miracles of Elisha: the place where the prophet and his disciples now dwelt seems to be Gilgal, ( 2 Kings 4:38 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 107. 2.

2 Kings 6:1 In-Context

1 Now the company of prophets said to Elisha, "As you see, the place where we live under your charge is too small for us.

2 Let us go to the Jordan, and let us collect logs there, one for each of us, and build a place there for us to live." He answered, "Do so."

3 Then one of them said, "Please come with your servants." And he answered, "I will."

4 So he went with them. When they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.

5 But as one was felling a log, his ax head fell into the water; he cried out, "Alas, master! It was borrowed."

Footnotes

• [a]. Heb [sons of the prophets]