2 Kings 6:8
And the king of Syria warred against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place [shall be] my camp.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7And he said, Take [it] up to thee. And he put out his hand and took it.
Cross References
1 Kings 20:23And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the mountains; therefore they were stronger than we; but if we fight against them on the plateau, shall we not be stronger than they?
1 Kings 22:1And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
2 Kings 6:24And it came to pass after this that Ben-Hadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
Proverbs 20:18Plans are established by counsel; and with good advice make war.
Isaiah 7:5Inasmuch as Syria hath taken evil counsel against thee, Ephraim [also] and the son of Remaliah, saying,
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 6:2-8
Iron Made to Swim. ( b. c. 893.) 1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto 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. 3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. 4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. 5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head… Read the whole commentary →