2 Kings 6:12

And one of them said, Not one of us, my lord king; but Elisha, the prophet in Israel, gives the king of Israel news of the words you say even in your bedroom.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.

In Context

11And at this, the mind of the king of Aram was greatly troubled, and he sent for his servants and said to them, Will you not make clear to me which of us is helping the king of Israel?

13Then he said, Go and see where he is, so that I may send and get him. And news came to him that he was in Dothan.

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Cross References

2 Kings 5:3And she said to her master's wife, If only my lord would go to the prophet in Samaria, he would make him well.

2 Kings 5:13Then his servants came to him and said, If the prophet had given you orders to do some great thing, would you not have done it? how much more then, when he says to you, Be washed and become clean?

2 Kings 6:9And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Take care to keep away from that place, for the Aramaeans are waiting there in secret.

Proverbs 21:30Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.

Isaiah 8:10Let your designs be formed, and they will come to nothing; give your orders, and they will not be effected: for God is with us.

Jeremiah 23:23Am I only a God who is near, says the Lord, and not a God at a distance?

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 6:9-13

The Syrians Ensnared; the Syrians Generously Liberated. ( b. c. 893.) 8 Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. 9 And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down. 10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice. 11 Therefore the heart of the king of… Read the whole commentary →

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