2 Kings 6:8
And the king of Aram hath been fighting against Israel, and taketh counsel with his servants, saying, 'At such and such a place [is] my encamping.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7and saith, 'Raise to thee;' and he putteth forth his hand and taketh it.
Cross References
1 Kings 20:23And the servants of the king of Aram said unto him, 'Gods of hills [are] their gods, therefore they were stronger than we; and yet, we fight with them in the plain — are we not stronger than they?
1 Kings 22:1And they sit still three years, there is no war between Aram and Israel,
2 Kings 6:24And it cometh to pass afterwards, that Ben-Hadad king of Aram gathereth all his camp, and goeth up, and layeth siege to Samaria,
Proverbs 20:18Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.
Isaiah 7:5Because that Aram counselled against thee evil, Ephraim 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 →