The king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once or twice.
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The king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once or twice.
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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.
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And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he guarded himself there, not once nor twice.
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Passages linked to 2 Kings 6:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 9:20-21 Those who feared Yahweh’s word among the servants of Pharaoh made their servants and their livestock flee into the houses. Whoever didn’t respect Yahweh’s word left his servants and his livestock in the field.
- 1 Kings 20:15 Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two. After them, he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
- 2 Kings 2:12 Elisha saw it, and he cried, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” He saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes, and tore them in two pieces.
- 2 Kings 5:14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
- 2 Kings 13:14 Now Elisha became sick with the illness of which he died; and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”
- 2 Chronicles 20:20 They rose early in the morning, and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. As they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you will be established! Believe his prophets, so you will prosper.”
- Proverbs 27:12 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
- Ezekiel 3:18-21 When I tell the wicked, ‘You will surely die;’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; that wicked man will die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand. Yet if you warn the wicked, and he doesn’t turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.” “Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he will die. Because you have not given him warning, he will die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered; but I will require his blood at your hand. Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous not sin, and he does not sin, he will surely live, because he took warning; and you have delivered your soul.”
- Amos 7:1-6 Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me: and behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and behold, it was the latter growth after the king’s harvest. When they finished eating the grass of the land, then I said, “Lord Yahweh, forgive, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.” Yahweh relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” says Yahweh. Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me and behold, the Lord Yahweh called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land. Then I said, “Lord Yahweh, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.” Yahweh relented concerning this. “This also shall not be,” says the Lord Yahweh.
- Matthew 2:12 Being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country another way.
- Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- Matthew 24:15-17 “When, therefore, you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house.
- Acts 27:24 saying, ‘Don’t be afraid, Paul. You must stand before Caesar. Behold, God has granted you all those who sail with you.’
- Hebrews 11:7 By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain The wicked conspire nothing so craftily, but God can…
The wicked conspire nothing so craftily, but God can reveal it to his servants, and cause their counsel to be disclosed.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 6:10 And the king of Israel sent to…
2Ki 6:10 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.
Ver. 10. And saved himself there.] It was the king himself whom they aimed at, as 1Ki 22:31; - and as that officer of the cuirassiers, {a} who, pistoling the late victorious king of Sweden, said, This is the right bird.
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{a} A horse soldier wearing a cuirass. The proper name of a certain type of heavy cavalry in European armies.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Sent to the place, either spies, to try whether…
Sent to the place, either spies, to try whether the prophet spake truth; or rather, soldiers, to secure the place and passage designed.
Saved himself; either his person when he was to pass that way; or his people, or places of importance.
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Not once nor twice, but much more frequently.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was…
Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing,.... There was as it were a storm in his breast, as the word signifies; he was like a troubled sea, tossed with tempests, exceeding uneasy in his mind, fretting at the disappointment he met with time after time:
and he called his servants, and said unto them, will ye not show me which of us is for the king of Israel? he suspected that some one of his counsellors was in the interest of the king of Israel, and betrayed his secrets to him, which was the cause of his disappointments.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Sent - Soldiers to secure the place and passage…
Sent - Soldiers to secure the place and passage designed.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 10. Sent to the place] To see if…
Verse 10. Sent to the place] To see if it were so. But the Vulgate gives it quite a different turn: Misit rex Israel ad locum, et praeoccupavit eum. The king of Israel sent previously to the place, and took possession of it; and thus the Syrians were disappointed. This is very likely, though it is not expressed in the Hebrew text. The prophet knew the Syrians marked such a place; he told the king of Israel, and he hastened and sent a party of troops to pre-occupy it; and thus the Syrians found that their designs had been detected.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ki 6:10. The king of Israel sent to the…
2Ki 6:10. The king of Israel sent to the place — Either spies, to know whether the information which the prophet had given him was true, or soldiers, to secure the place and passage designed. By this means he frequently saved himself or his people from falling into the hands of the Syrians, who lay in wait for them in places to which they would certainly have gone, if they had not been told of the danger.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Saved himself - Rather, he “was ware.” The verb…
Saved himself - Rather, he “was ware.” The verb used is the same which is translated “beware” in the preceding verse.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Twice, but very frequently: so that the Syrian feared…
Twice, but very frequently: so that the Syrian feared some treachery. (Haydock)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 10. The king of Israel sent to the place…
10. The king of Israel sent to the place — Sent spies to the place, in order to ascertain if Elisha had given correct information and wise counsel.
Saved himself there — Not by sending armed forces to rout the ambushed Syrians, or to pre-occupy the place before the Syrians came down to it, but by observing the counsel of the prophet, and not passing through that locality. Again and again was he thus made acquainted with the plans and movements of his enemy, and escaped the snares set for him.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. sent to the place] A single messenger, against…
10. sent to the place] A single messenger, against whom the Syrians would do nothing, would be enough to find out whether the prophet’s warning were true.
not once nor twice] i.e. but several times.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10) Sent.—A sufficient force to hold the place, so…
(10) Sent.—A sufficient force to hold the place, so that the Syrians had to return unsuccessful.
Warned.—Eze_3:19; 2Ch_19:10.
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Saved himself.—Was wary; on his guard (2Ki_6:9).
Not once nor twice refers to the statement of the entire verse. On more than one occasion, and in regard to different inroads of the Syrians, Elisha gave the king forewarning.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And the King of Israel sent to the place.…
And the King of Israel sent to the place. Recent commentators (Keil, Thenius, Bahr) mostly suppose this to mean that Jehoram sent troops to the place pointed out by the prophet, and anticipated the Syrians by occupying it. But it agrees better with the prophet"s injunction, "Beware that thou pass not such a place," to suppose that he merely sent out scouts to see if the place were occupied or no, and finding, in each ease, Elisha"s warning true, he avoided the locality. Which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice; i.e. repeatedly; at least three several times, perhaps more.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 to the place about which the man of God…
to the place about which the man of God had spoken and warned him
This refers to the place that Elisha had warned the king about in 2 Kings 6:9.
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More than once or twice, when the king went there, he was on his guard
Elisha would warn the king of where the Aramean army would attack so that he could alert the people before the attack happened. AT: "Elisha warned the king of Israel in this way several times and the Israelites were able to stay safe" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
Will you not tell me who among us is for the king of Israel?
The king of Aram assumes there is a traitor among his soldiers who is giving information to the Israelite king. He uses this rhetorical question to try to find out who that traitor is. This can be written as a statement. AT: "Tell me which of you is for the king of Israel!" or "Tell me which of you is revealing our plans to the king of Israel!" (See: Rhetorical Question)
is for the king of Israel
"To be for someone" means to be loyal to that person. In this case, it means that they would give information to help the king of Israel. AT: "is helping the king of Israel" or "is loyal to the king of Israel" (See: Idiom)
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