2 Kings 6:14
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.”
13 So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him.” On receiving the report, “Elisha is in Dothan,”
the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
16 “Do not be afraid,” Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
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
- the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
- KJV
- Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
- WEB
- Therefore he sent horses, chariots, and a great army there. They came by night and surrounded the city.
- ASV
- Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
- DARBY
- And he sent thither horses and chariots, and a great host, and they came by night and surrounded the city.
- BLB
- And he sent there horses and chariot and a great army, and they came by night and went around against the city.
- ÅB
- sendte han hester og vogner og en stor hær dit; de kom der om natten og omringet byen.
- OTB
- Så sendte han hester, vogner og en betydelig hær dit, og de ankom om natten og omringet byen.
- B1930
- sendte han hester og vogner og en stor hær dit; de kom der om natten og omringet byen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 18:17
Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
Read in contextMatthew 26:55
At that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.
Read in context1 Samuel 24:2
So Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.
Read in contextJohn 18:3–6
So Judas brought a band of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees. They arrived at the garden carrying lanterns, torches, and weapons.
Read in context1 Samuel 23:26
Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
Read in contextMatthew 26:47
While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.
Read in context2 Kings 1:9–13
Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”
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