2 Kings 6:8
Now the king of Aram warred against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying: 'In such and such a place shall be my camp.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
7And he said: 'Take it up to thee.' So he put out his hand, and took it.
Cross References
1 Kings 20:23And the servants of the king of Aram said unto him: 'Their God is a God of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
1 Kings 22:1And they continued three years without war between Aram and Israel.
2 Kings 6:24And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
Proverbs 20:18Every purpose is established by counsel; and with good advice carry on war.
Isaiah 7:5Because Aram hath counselled evil 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 →