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2 Kings 6:23

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21 And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.

And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

24 And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

25 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

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BSB
So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.
KJV
And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
WEB
He prepared a great feast for them. After they ate and drank, he sent them away and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria stopped raiding the land of Israel.
ASV
And he prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
DARBY
And he prepared a great repast for them, and they ate and drank; and he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
BLB
And he prepared for them a great feast, and they ate and drank, and he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands from Aram added not again to come into the land of Israel.
ÅB
Da lot han stelle til et måltid for dem, og de spiste og deretter lot han dem fare, vendte tilbake til sin herre. Siden kom det ikke mere syriske herjeflokker inn i Israels land.
OTB
Så forberedte han et stort måltid for dem; og da de hadde spist og drukket, sendte han dem bort, og de vendte tilbake til sin herre. Og de herjende bandene av arameere kom ikke igjen inn i Israels land.
B1930
Da lot han stelle til et måltid for dem, og de åt og derefter lot han dem fare, vendte tilbake til sin herre. Siden kom det ikke mere syriske herjeflokker inn i Israels land.

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  • 2 Kings 5:2

    And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.

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  • 2 Kings 24:2

    And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

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  • Luke 6:35

    But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

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  • 2 Kings 6:8–9

    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.

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  • Luke 10:29–37

    But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

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  • Matthew 5:47

    And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

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  • Proverbs 25:21–22

    If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

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  • 2 Chronicles 28:15

    And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

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