2 Kings 6:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

This made the king of Syria upset. So he summoned his advisers and said to them,“One of us must be helping the king of Israel.”

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  • 1 Sam 22:8 : 8 For all of you have conspired against me! No one informs me when my own son makes an agreement with this son of Jesse! Not one of you feels sorry for me or informs me that my own son has commissioned my own servant to hide in ambush against me, as is the case today!”
  • 1 Sam 28:21 : 21 When the woman came to Saul and saw how terrified he was, she said to him,“Your servant has done what you asked. I took my life into my own hands and did what you told me.
  • Job 18:7-9 : 7 His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down. 8 For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh. 9 A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare grips him. 10 A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path. 11 Terrors frighten him on all sides and dog his every step.
  • Ps 48:4-5 : 4 For look, the kings assemble; they advance together. 5 As soon as they see, they are shocked; they are terrified, they quickly retreat.
  • Isa 57:20-21 : 20 But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand. 21 There will be no prosperity,” says my God,“for the wicked.”
  • Matt 2:3-9 : 3 When King Herod heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. 5 “In Bethlehem of Judea,” they said,“for it is written this way by the prophet: 6 ‘And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are in no way least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’” 7 Then Herod privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said,“Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.” 9 After listening to the king they left, and once again the star they saw when it rose led them until it stopped above the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star they shouted joyfully. 11 As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. 12 After being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back by another route to their own country.

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