2 Kings 6:12
And one of his servants said: 'Nay, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bed-chamber.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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2 Kings 5:3And she said unto her mistress: 'Would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy.'
2 Kings 5:13And his servants came near, and spoke unto him, and said: 'My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee: Wash, and be clean?'
2 Kings 6:9And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying: 'Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Arameans are coming down.'
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Isaiah 8:10Take counsel together, and it shall be brought to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with us.
Jeremiah 23:23Am I a God near at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?
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 →