2 Kings 6:8

Now the king of Aram was waging war against Israel. He consulted with his servants, saying, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7Elisha said, “Pick it up.” So the man reached out his hand and grabbed it.

9So the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, “Be careful not to pass that place, for the Arameans are going down there.”

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:23The servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their god is a god of the hills. That is why they were stronger than we were. But now let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they are.

1 Kings 22:1Three years passed without war between Aram and Israel.

2 Kings 6:24Later after this Ben Hadad king of Aram gathered all his army and attacked Samaria and besieged it.

Proverbs 20:18Plans are established by advice 1 and only with wise guidance should you wage war. 1

Isaiah 7:5Aram, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have planned evil against you; they have said,

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 →

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