The Tanakh
מלכים ב ו׳2 Kings 6
Chapter 6 of 25 in 2 Kings — Kings — 33 verses
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Verse 1א׳Standard3,121
וַיֹּאמְרוּ בְנֵֽי־הַנְּבִיאִים אֶל־אֱלִישָׁע הִנֵּֽה־נָא הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אֲנַחְנוּ יֹשְׁבִים שָׁם לְפָנֶיךָ צַר מִמֶּֽנּוּ
And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha: ‘Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.
Verse 2ב׳Standard4,507
נֵֽלְכָה־נָּא עַד־הַיַּרְדֵּן וְנִקְחָה מִשָּׁם אִישׁ קוֹרָה אֶחָת וְנַעֲשֶׂה־לָּנוּ שָׁם מָקוֹם לָשֶׁבֶת שָׁם וַיֹּאמֶר לֵֽכוּ
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.’
Verse 3ג׳Standard1,300
וַיֹּאמֶר הָֽאֶחָד הוֹאֶל נָא וְלֵךְ אֶת־עֲבָדֶיךָ וַיֹּאמֶר אֲנִי אֵלֵֽךְ
And one said: ‘Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants.’ And he answered: ‘I will go.’
Verse 4ד׳Standard1,253
וַיֵּלֶךְ אִתָּם וַיָּבֹאוּ הַיַּרְדֵּנָה וַֽיִּגְזְרוּ הָעֵצִֽים
So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
Verse 5ה׳Standard2,426
וַיְהִי הָֽאֶחָד מַפִּיל הַקּוֹרָה וְאֶת־הַבַּרְזֶל נָפַל אֶל־הַמָּיִם וַיִּצְעַק וַיֹּאמֶר אֲהָהּ אֲדֹנִי וְהוּא שָׁאֽוּל
But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said: ‘Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.’
Verse 6ו׳Standard3,204
וַיֹּאמֶר אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִים אָנָה נָפָל וַיַּרְאֵהוּ אֶת־הַמָּקוֹם וַיִּקְצָב־עֵץ וַיַּשְׁלֶךְ־שָׁמָּה וַיָּצֶף הַבַּרְזֶֽל
And the man of God said: ‘Where fell it?’ And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.
Verse 7ז׳Standard1,061
וַיֹּאמֶר הָרֶם לָךְ וַיִּשְׁלַח יָדוֹ וַיִּקָּחֵֽהוּ
And he said: ‘Take it up to thee.’ So he put out his hand, and took it.
Verse 8ח׳Standard2,990
וּמֶלֶךְ אֲרָם הָיָה נִלְחָם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַיִּוָּעַץ אֶל־עֲבָדָיו לֵאמֹר אֶל־מְקוֹם פְּלֹנִי אַלְמֹנִי תַּחֲנֹתִֽי
Now the king of Aram warred against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying: ‘In such and such a place shall be my camp.’
Verse 9ט׳Standard3,873
וַיִּשְׁלַח אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים אֶל־מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר הִשָּׁמֶר מֵעֲבֹר הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה כִּֽי־שָׁם אֲרָם נְחִתִּֽים
And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying: ‘Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Arameans are coming down.’
Verse 10י׳Standard4,788
וַיִּשְׁלַח מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶֽל־הַמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר אָֽמַר־לוֹ אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִים והזהירה וְנִשְׁמַר שָׁם לֹא אַחַת וְלֹא שְׁתָּֽיִם
And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he guarded himself there, not once nor twice.
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English: The Holy Scriptures (JPS 1917), public domain.