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2 Kings 6:12

But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.

In Context

11For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”

13So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him.” On receiving the report, “Elisha is in Dothan,”

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Cross References

2 Kings 5:3She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.”

2 Kings 5:13Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’?”

2 Kings 6:9Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful not to pass by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

Isaiah 8:10Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”

Jeremiah 23:23“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”

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 →

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