2 Kings 6:9

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But the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: "Be careful not to pass this place, because the Arameans are going down there."

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  • 1 Kgs 20:13 : 13 Meanwhile, a prophet approached Ahab, king of Israel, and said, 'This is what the LORD says: Do you see this vast army? I will give it into your hand today, and you will know that I am the LORD.'
  • 1 Kgs 20:28 : 28 Then a man of God approached the king of Israel and said, "This is what the LORD says: Because the Arameans think that the LORD is a god of the hills and not a god of the valleys, I will deliver this vast army into your hands, and you will know that I am the LORD."
  • 2 Kgs 3:17-19 : 17 For this is what the LORD says: You will not see wind or rain, but this valley will be filled with water, and you, your livestock, and your animals will drink. 18 This is an easy thing in the sight of the LORD; He will also give Moab into your hands. 19 You will destroy every fortified city and every major town, cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones.
  • 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she took hold of his feet. Gehazi came to push her away, but the man of God said, 'Leave her alone! She is deeply troubled, but the LORD has hidden the reason from me and has not told me.'
  • 2 Kgs 6:12 : 12 One of his servants said, "No, my lord the king; Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom."
  • Amos 3:7 : 7 Surely the Lord God does nothing without revealing His secret to His servants, the prophets.
  • Rev 1:1 : 1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John.

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    10So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had warned him about. Over time, he was careful there, not just once or twice.

    11The king of Aram became very upset about this. He called his servants and said to them, "Will you not tell me who among us is on the side of the king of Israel?"

    12One of his servants said, "No, my lord the king; Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom."

    13So the king said, "Go and see where he is, so I can send men to capture him." When he was told, "He is in Dothan,"

    14So the king sent horses, chariots, and a large army there. They arrived at night and surrounded the city.

    15When the servant of the man of God got up early the next morning and went out, he saw an army with horses and chariots surrounding the city. He said, "Oh no, my master! What shall we do?"

  • 8Now the king of Aram was waging war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, "I will camp in such-and-such a place."

  • 28Then a man of God approached the king of Israel and said, "This is what the LORD says: Because the Arameans think that the LORD is a god of the hills and not a god of the valleys, I will deliver this vast army into your hands, and you will know that I am the LORD."

  • 7Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram, was sick. It was reported to him, "The man of God has come all the way here."

  • 7But a man of God came to him and said, 'O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel—not with any of the people of Ephraim.'

  • 2 Kgs 7:4-6
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    4If we say, 'We’ll go into the city,' the famine is there, and we will die. And if we stay here, we will die. So let’s go over to the camp of the Arameans and surrender. If they spare us, we live; if they kill us, then we die."

    5At twilight, they got up and went to the camp of the Arameans. When they reached the edge of the camp, they found no one there.

    6For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so they said to one another, "Look, the king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to attack us!"

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    22Afterward, the prophet came to the king of Israel and said, 'Strengthen your position and see what you must do, because next spring the king of Aram will come up against you again.'

    23Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, 'Their gods are gods of the hills; that is why they were stronger than us. But if we fight them on the plains, surely we will be stronger than they are.'

  • 30Now the king of Aram had commanded his chariot commanders, 'Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.'

  • 12The king got up in the night and said to his servants, "I will tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are hungry, so they have gone out of the camp to hide in the countryside, thinking, 'When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and take the city.'"

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    23So he prepared a great feast for them. After they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders stopped coming into Israel’s land.

    24Afterward, Ben-Hadad, king of Aram, gathered his entire army and marched up to lay siege to Samaria.

  • 6They answered, 'A man came to meet us and said, "Go back to the king who sent you and tell him: This is what the LORD says: 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, you will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will surely die.'"'

  • 15The LORD said to him, 'Go back the way you came, and go to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Aram.'

  • 13Meanwhile, a prophet approached Ahab, king of Israel, and said, 'This is what the LORD says: Do you see this vast army? I will give it into your hand today, and you will know that I am the LORD.'

  • 6He brought the letter to the king of Israel, which read: 'Now, when this letter reaches you, know that I have sent you my servant Naaman, so that you may cure him of his leprosy.'

  • 19The man of God became angry with him and said, 'You should have struck the ground five or six times! Then you would have defeated Aram completely, but now you will defeat them only three times.'

  • 6Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, 'Should I go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or not?' They said, 'Go up, and the Lord will give it into the king’s hands.'

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    19Then Elisha said to them, "This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you are looking for." And he led them to Samaria.

    20When they entered Samaria, Elisha said, "LORD, open the eyes of these men so they can see." The LORD opened their eyes, and they looked and realized they were inside Samaria.

  • 2He sent messengers to Ahab, king of Israel, in the city,

  • 10So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city, telling them, "We went to the Aramean camp and found no one there—not a single man—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents left just as they were."

  • 9'For this is the command the LORD gave me by His word: You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.'

  • 9So he replied to Ben-Hadad's messengers, 'Tell my lord the king: I will do what you originally demanded of me, but this I cannot do.' The messengers left and reported back to Ben-Hadad.

  • 4Naaman went and told his master, saying, 'This is what the girl from the land of Israel said.'

  • 7At that time, Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and said to him, 'Because you relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.'

  • 15When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together.

  • 31Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty-two chariot commanders, 'Do not fight with anyone, whether small or great, except the king of Israel alone.'

  • 15But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Jehu said, 'If this is your will, let no one escape from the city to report this in Jezreel.'

  • 21and he cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, 'This is what the LORD says: Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you,

  • 6But the servant replied, "Look, there is a man of God in this town, and he is highly respected. Everything he says comes true. Let’s go there now; perhaps he can tell us the way to go."

  • 32Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, "Do you see how this murderer is sending someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and hold it shut against him. Is not the sound of his master's footsteps behind him?"

  • 17The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, 'Didn't I tell you that he never prophesies anything good about me, but only bad?'

  • 9Then the king sent a captain with his fifty men to Elijah. He went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of the hill, and said to him, 'Man of God, the king says, "Come down."'

  • 18The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, 'Didn’t I tell you that he never prophesies anything good about me, only bad?'

  • 2Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, 'A massive army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the sea. They are already in Hazazon Tamar (that is, En Gedi).'

  • 39As the king passed by, the prophet called out to him and said, 'Your servant went into the middle of the battle, and suddenly a man brought another man to me and said, "Guard this man. If he is missing, your life will be for his life, or you will pay a talent of silver."

  • 1The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • 15They followed them as far as the Jordan, and they found the whole way littered with clothes and equipment the Arameans had thrown away in their haste. So the messengers returned and reported to the king.

  • 18Do not let Hezekiah mislead you by saying, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?

  • 16When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers to bring out additional Aramean forces from beyond the Euphrates River, with Shophach, the commander of Hadadezer's army, leading them.

  • 18When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, 'Didn't I tell you not to go?'

  • 6'About this time tomorrow, I will send my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials. They will take whatever you value and carry it off.'