2 Kings 6:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶֽל־הַמָּק֞וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָֽמַר־ל֧וֹ אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים *והזהירה **וְהִזְהִיר֖וֹ וְנִשְׁמַ֣ר שָׁ֑ם לֹ֥א אַחַ֖ת וְלֹ֥א שְׁתָּֽיִם׃

Transliteration

And-wə-yišlaḥ meleḵ yiśrā'ēl to-the-māqôm which 'āmar-to-him 'îš-hā'ĕlōhîm and-wə-hizhîrô and-wə-nišmar there, not 'aḥat and-not šətāyim.

Grammar Details

• *wə-yišlaḥ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he sent
• *meleḵ*: masculine singular construct noun - king of
• *yiśrā'ēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *ha-māqôm*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the place
• *'ăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
• *'āmar-lô*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular + preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - said to him
• *'îš-hā'ĕlōhîm*: construct chain: masculine singular noun + definite article + masculine plural noun - man of God
• *wə-hizhîrô*: waw consecutive + hiphil perfect 3rd person masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and he warned him
• *wə-nišmar*: waw consecutive + niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - and he was on guard
• *lō' 'aḥat wə-lō' šətāyim*: idiomatic expression - not once and not twice
• *'aḥat*: feminine singular cardinal number - one
• *šətāyim*: feminine dual cardinal number - two

Word Meanings

• *wə-hizhîrô*: and he warned him/and he cautioned him/and he put him on alert
• *lō' 'aḥat wə-lō' šətāyim*: not once or twice/many times/repeatedly

Referenced Verses

• Exod 9:20-21 : 20 He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: 21 And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.
• 1 Kgs 20:15 : 15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
• 2 Kgs 2:12 : 12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
• 2 Kgs 5:14 : 14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
• 2 Kgs 13:14 : 14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
• 2 Chr 20:20 : 20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
• Prov 27:12 : 12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
• Ezek 3:18-21 : 18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. 20 Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 21 Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
• Amos 7:1-6 : 1 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. 2 And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. 3 The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. 4 Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. 5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. 6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
• Matt 2:12 : 12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
• Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
• Matt 24:15-17 : 15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place,(whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
• Acts 27:24 : 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
• Heb 11:7 : 7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.