2 Kings 6:10

⁸ Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”

⁹ Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful passing by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”

So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.

¹¹ For 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?”

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.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.
KJV: 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.
WEB: 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.
ASV: And 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 nor twice.
DARBY: And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and he was on his guard there. [That took place] not once, nor twice.
BLB: And the king of Israel sent one to the place of which the man of God had told him; and he warned him, and he was watchful there—not once and not twice.

ÅB: Så sendte Israels konge folk til det sted som den Guds mann hadde nevnt for ham og advart ham for, og han tok seg i vare der. Dette hendte ikke bare en gang, men flere ganger.
OTB: Så sendte Israels konge noen til stedet som Guds mann hadde fortalt ham om. Slik advarte han ham, så han voktet seg der mer enn en eller to ganger.
B1930: Så sendte Israels konge folk til det sted som den Guds mann hadde nevnt for ham og advart ham for, og han tok sig i vare der. Dette hendte ikke bare en gang, men flere ganger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Amos 7:1–6
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.
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2 Kings 5:14
So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.
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Acts 27:24
and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’
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Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
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Exodus 9:20–21
Those among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their servants and livestock to shelter,
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Matthew 24:15–17
So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
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Ezekiel 3:18–21
If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.
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2 Kings 13:14
When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”
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