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II Kings Chapter 6

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II KINGS

II Kings 6

1And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.
2 Kings 2:3, 2 Kings 2:3, Isaiah 54:2, Isaiah 54:3, 1 Samuel 19:20
2Let us go, we pray thee, unto the Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
1 Corinthians 9:6, 2 Thessalonians 3:8, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, John 21:3, Acts 18:3
3And one said, Be pleased, I pray thee, to go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
Judges 19:6, 2 Kings 5:23, Judges 4:8, Job 6:28, Judges 19:6
4So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
Deuteronomy 29:11, Deuteronomy 19:5, Deuteronomy 29:11, Deuteronomy 19:5
5But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water; and he cried, and said, Alas, my master! for it was borrowed.
Ecclesiastes 10:10, 2 Kings 6:15, Psalms 37:21, Revelation 18:10, Ecclesiastes 10:10
6And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither, and made the iron to swim.
2 Kings 2:21, 2 Kings 2:21, Mark 8:23, Mark 8:25, Mark 8:23
7And he said, Take it up to thee. So he put out his hand, and took it.
2 Kings 4:36, 2 Kings 4:36, 2 Kings 4:7, 2 Kings 4:7, Exodus 4:4
8Now the king of Syria was warring against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
1 Kings 22:31, Proverbs 21:30, Proverbs 20:18, 2 Kings 6:24, Isaiah 7:5
9And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are coming down.
Amos 3:7, Amos 3:7, Revelation 1:1, 2 Kings 6:12, 2 Kings 4:27
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.
Hebrews 11:7, Amos 7:1, Amos 7:6, 2 Kings 13:14, Proverbs 27:12
11And the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?
1 Samuel 22:8, Matthew 2:3, Matthew 2:12, Psalms 48:4, Psalms 48:5
12And one of his servants said, Nay, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
Amos 3:7, Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:30, Amos 3:7, Daniel 2:28
13And he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
Genesis 37:17, Genesis 37:17, John 11:47, John 11:53, John 11:47
14Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
John 18:3, John 18:6, Matthew 26:55, Matthew 26:47, 1 Samuel 23:26
15And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots was round about the city. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
Matthew 8:26, Matthew 8:26, 2 Chronicles 20:12, 2 Chronicles 20:12, Psalms 53:5
16And he answered, Fear not; for they that are with us are more than they that are with them.
Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 41:14, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 41:14, Romans 8:31
17And Elisha prayed, and said, Jehovah, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Psalms 68:17, Psalms 68:17, Psalms 34:7, Psalms 34:7, Zechariah 6:1
18And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
Acts 13:11, Acts 13:11, John 12:40, John 12:40, Genesis 19:11
19And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. And he led them to Samaria.
Matthew 16:24, 2 Samuel 16:18, 2 Samuel 16:19, Mark 8:34, Luke 24:16
20And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Jehovah, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And Jehovah opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
2 Kings 6:17, 2 Kings 6:17, Judges 20:40, Judges 20:42, Luke 24:31
21And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
2 Kings 5:13, 2 Kings 5:13, 2 Kings 8:9, 2 Kings 8:9, 2 Kings 2:12
22And 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.
Genesis 48:22, Romans 12:20, Romans 12:21, Genesis 48:22, Romans 12:20
23And 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.
2 Kings 5:2, 2 Kings 5:2, 2 Kings 24:2, 2 Kings 24:2, Luke 10:29
24And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
1 Kings 20:1, 1 Kings 20:1, 2 Kings 17:5, Ecclesiastes 9:14, 1 Kings 22:31
25And 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 kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
Jeremiah 14:13, Jeremiah 14:15, 2 Kings 6:28, 2 Kings 6:29, Jeremiah 14:18
26And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
2 Samuel 14:4, 2 Samuel 14:4, Isaiah 10:3, Acts 21:28, Luke 18:3
27And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?
Psalms 118:8, Psalms 118:9, Psalms 118:8, Psalms 118:9, Psalms 62:8
28And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow.
2 Samuel 14:5, 2 Samuel 14:5, Lamentations 4:10, Judges 18:23, Lamentations 4:10
29So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him; and she hath hid her son.
Deuteronomy 28:53, Leviticus 26:29, Deuteronomy 28:53, Leviticus 26:29, Deuteronomy 28:57
30And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes (now he was passing by upon the wall); and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
1 Kings 21:27, 1 Kings 21:27, 2 Kings 19:1, Isaiah 58:5, Isaiah 58:7
31Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
Ruth 1:17, 1 Kings 19:2, Ruth 1:17, 1 Kings 19:2, John 11:50
32But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; andthe kingsent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?
Ezekiel 8:1, Ezekiel 14:1, 1 Kings 18:4, Ezekiel 20:1, Ezekiel 8:1
33And while he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of Jehovah; why should I wait for Jehovah any longer?
Job 2:9, Job 2:9, Isaiah 8:21, Isaiah 8:21, Psalms 27:14

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