2 Kings 6:8
And the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying: In such and such a place let us lay ambushes.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7And he said: Take it up. And he put out his hand and took it.
Cross References
1 Kings 20:23But the servants of the king of Syria said to him: Their gods are gods of the hills, therefore they have overcome us: but it is better that we should fight against them in the plains, and we shall overcome them.
1 Kings 22:1And there passed three years without war between Syria and Israel.
2 Kings 6:24And tit came to pass after these things, that Benadad king of Syria gathered together all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
Proverbs 20:18Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.
Isaiah 7:5Because Syria hath taken counsel against thee, unto the evil of Ephraim and the son of Romelia, 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 →