Albert Barnes Commentary 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 6:2 (ASV)

Take every man a beam - Trees were rare in most parts of Palestine but were plentiful in the Jordan Valley. Jericho was known in early times as “the city of palms” (Deuteronomy 34:3; Judges 1:16).