2 Kings 6:31

And he said, God do so, and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him this day!

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.

In Context

30And it came to pass when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his garments; and he was passing by upon the wall, and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.

32And Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him. And [the king] sent a man before him. Before the messenger came to him, he himself said to the elders, Do ye see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? See, when the messenger comes; shut the door, and keep him off with the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

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Cross References

Ruth 1:17where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. Jehovah do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part me and thee!

1 Samuel 14:44And Saul said, God do so [to me] and more also; thou shalt certainly die, Jonathan.

2 Samuel 3:9So do God to Abner, and more also, if, as Jehovah has sworn to David, I do not so to him;

2 Samuel 19:13And say to Amasa, Art thou not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually instead of Joab.

1 Kings 18:17And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, the troubler of Israel?

1 Kings 22:8And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah; but I hate him, for he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil: [it is] Micah the son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 6:25-33

The Siege of Samaria. ( b. c. 891.) 24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. 25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. 26 And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. 27 And he said, If the Lord do not… Read the whole commentary →

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