2 Kings 6:8

Then the King of Aram warred against Israel, and tooke counsell with his seruants, and said, In such and such a place shalbe my campe.

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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

7Then he saide, Take it vp to thee. And he stretched out his hand, and tooke it.

9Therefore the man of God sent vnto the King of Israel, saying, Beware thou goe not ouer to such a place: for there the Aramites are come downe.

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:23Then the seruants of the King of Aram said vnto him, Their gods are gods of the moutaines, and therefore they ouercame vs: but let vs fight against them in the playne, and doubtlesse we shall ouercome them.

1 Kings 22:1And they continued three yeere without warre betweene Aram and Israel.

2 Kings 6:24But afterward Ben-hadad King of Aram gathered all his hoste, and went vp, and besieged Samaria.

Proverbs 20:18Establish the thoughtes by counsell: and by counsell make warre.

Isaiah 7:5Because Aram hath taken wicked counsell against thee, and Ephraim, and Remaliahs sonne, 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 →

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