2 Kings 6:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then the king of Syria waged war against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.

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  • 1 Kgs 20:1 : 1 And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together: there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
  • 1 Kgs 20:23 : 23 And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.
  • 1 Kgs 20:34 : 34 And Benhadad said to him, The cities, which my father took from your father, I will restore; and you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send you away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
  • 1 Kgs 22:31 : 31 But the king of Syria commanded his thirty-two captains who had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, but only with the king of Israel.
  • 2 Kgs 6:24 : 24 And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
  • Job 5:12-13 : 12 He frustrates the plans of the crafty, so that their hands cannot accomplish their schemes. 13 He catches the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the perverse is brought to a rapid end.
  • Prov 20:18 : 18 Every purpose is established by counsel, and with good advice make war.
  • Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against the LORD.
  • Isa 7:5-7 : 5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have devised evil against you, saying, 6 Let us go up against Judah and trouble it, and let us make a breach in it for ourselves, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: 7 Thus says the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, nor shall it come to pass.
  • Isa 8:10 : 10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nothing; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

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  • 2 Kgs 6:9-15
    7 verses
    84%

    9And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you do not pass such a place; for there the Syrians have come down.

    10And 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.

    11Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was greatly troubled by this thing; and he called his servants, and said to them, Will you not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?

    12And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.

    13And he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and bring him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

    14Therefore he sent horses, and chariots, and a great army there: and they came by night, and surrounded the city.

    15And when the servant of the man of God arose early, and went out, behold, an army surrounded the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! what shall we do?

  • 2 Chr 18:30
    78%

    30Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight not with small or great, except only with the king of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 7:12
    77%

    12And the king arose in the night, and said to his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

  • 2 Kgs 7:5-7
    3 verses
    77%

    5And they rose up at twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians: and when they came to the outermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no one there.

    6For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

    7Therefore they arose and fled at twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

  • 1 Kgs 20:21-29
    9 verses
    76%

    21And the king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.

    22And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen yourself, and observe, and see what you do: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you.

    23And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

    24And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:

    25And number an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he listened to their voice, and did so.

    26And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

    27And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of goats; but the Syrians filled the country.

    28And there came a man of God, and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus says the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.

    29And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians one hundred thousand footmen in one day.

  • 2 Kgs 6:23-24
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    75%

    23And he prepared a 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 did not come any more into the land of Israel.

    24And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up, and besieged Samaria.

  • 1 Kgs 20:1-2
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    75%

    1And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together: there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

    2And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said to him, Thus says Benhadad,

  • 1 Kgs 22:31
    74%

    31But the king of Syria commanded his thirty-two captains who had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, but only with the king of Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 22:6
    74%

    6Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I refrain? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the king’s hand.

  • 2 Chr 22:5
    73%

    5He also followed their counsel and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab, king of Israel, to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead, and the Syrians wounded Joram.

  • 1 Kgs 22:3
    73%

    3And the king of Israel said to his servants, Do you know that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we are still, and do not take it out of the hand of the king of Syria?

  • 2 Sam 10:15
    73%

    15And when the Syrians saw that they were defeated before Israel, they gathered themselves together.

  • 1 Chr 19:16-17
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    73%

    16And when the Syrians saw that they were defeated before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river; and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

    17And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and crossed over Jordan, and came upon them and set the battle in array against them. So when David had set the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.

  • 2 Kgs 8:7
    72%

    7And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, "The man of God is come here."

  • Isa 7:5
    72%

    5Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have devised evil against you, saying,

  • 2 Kgs 8:28
    72%

    28And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

  • 2 Sam 8:6
    71%

    6Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus, and the Syrians became David's servants and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went.

  • 1 Kgs 20:6
    71%

    6Yet I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house, and the houses of your servants; and it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they shall put in their hand, and take it away.

  • 2 Chr 25:7
    71%

    7But a man of God came to him, saying, O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you; for the LORD is not with Israel, with all the children of Ephraim.

  • 2 Kgs 6:21
    71%

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

  • 2 Kgs 6:7
    71%

    7Therefore he said, Take it up. And he reached out his hand, and took it.

  • 2 Chr 18:5
    71%

    5Therefore the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain? And they said, Go up, for God will deliver it into the king's hand.

  • 1 Kgs 22:36
    71%

    36And there went a proclamation throughout the army as the sun went down, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country.

  • 2 Kgs 5:5-6
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    71%

    5And the king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, six thousand gold pieces, and ten changes of clothing.

    6And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter reaches you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may heal him of his leprosy.

  • 2 Chr 16:7
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    7And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand.

  • 2 Kgs 13:5
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    5The LORD gave Israel a savior, so that they escaped from the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel lived in their tents as before.

  • 2 Kgs 7:10
    70%

    10So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no one there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.

  • 2 Sam 10:17
    70%

    17And when it was told to David, he gathered all Israel together, crossed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

  • 1 Chr 19:10
    70%

    10Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.

  • 2 Sam 10:19
    70%

    19And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.