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II Kings Chapter 6

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II KINGS

II Kings 6

1And the sons of the prophets said to Eliseus: Behold, the place where we dwell with 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 as far as the Jordan, and take out of the wood every man a piece of timber, that we may build us there a place to dwell in. And he said: Go.
1 Corinthians 9:6, 2 Thessalonians 3:8, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, John 21:3, Acts 18:3
3And one of them said: But come thou also with thy servants. He answered: I will come.
Judges 19:6, 2 Kings 5:23, Judges 4:8, Job 6:28, Judges 19:6
4So he went with them. And when they were come to the Jordan, they cut down wood.
Deuteronomy 29:11, Deuteronomy 19:5, Deuteronomy 29:11, Deuteronomy 19:5
5And it happened, as one was felling some timber, that the head of the ax fell into the water: and he cried out, and said: Alas, alas, alas, my lord, for this same 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 did it fall? and he shewed him the place: Then he cut off a piece of wood, and cast it in thither: and the iron swam.
2 Kings 2:21, 2 Kings 2:21, Mark 8:23, Mark 8:25, Mark 8:23
7And he said: Take it up. And 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
8And the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying: In such and such a place, let us lay an ambush.
1 Kings 22:31, Proverbs 21:30, Proverbs 20:18, 2 Kings 6:24, Isaiah 7:5
9And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying: Beware that thou pass not to such a place: for the Syrians are there in ambush.
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 had told him, and prevented him, and looked well to 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 troubled for this thing. And calling together his servants, he said: Why do you not tell me who it is that betrays me to 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: No one, my lord, O king: but Eliseus, the prophet, that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel all the words, that thou speakest in thy privy chamber.
Amos 3:7, Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:30, Amos 3:7, Daniel 2:28
13And he said to them: Go, and see where he is: that I may send and take him. And they told him: saying: Behold he is in Dothan.
Genesis 37:17, Genesis 37:17, John 11:47, John 11:53, John 11:47
14Therefore, he sent thither horses, and chariots, and the strength of an army: and they came by night, and beset the city.
John 18:3, John 18:6, Matthew 26:55, Matthew 26:47, 1 Samuel 23:26
15And the servant of the man of God, rising early went out, and saw an army round about the city, and horses and chariots: and he told him, saying: Alas, alas, alas, my lord, what shall we do?
Matthew 8:26, Matthew 8:26, 2 Chronicles 20:12, 2 Chronicles 20:12, Psalms 53:5
16But he answered: Fear not: for there are more with us than with them.
Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 41:14, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 41:14, Romans 8:31
17And Eliseus prayed, and said: Lord, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the servant, and he saw: and behold, the mountain was full of horses, and chariots of fire round about Eliseus.
Psalms 68:17, Psalms 68:17, Psalms 34:7, Psalms 34:7, Zechariah 6:1
18And the enemies came down to him: but Eliseus prayed to the Lord, saying: Strike, I beseech thee, this people with blindness: and the Lord struck them with blindness, according to the word of Eliseus.
Acts 13:11, Acts 13:11, John 12:40, John 12:40, Genesis 19:11
19And Eliseus said to them: This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will shew you the man whom you seek. So he led them into Samaria.
Matthew 16:24, 2 Samuel 16:18, 2 Samuel 16:19, Mark 8:34, Luke 24:16
20And when they were come into Samaria, Eliseus said: Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw themselves to be 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 to Eliseus, when he saw them: My father, shall I kill them?
2 Kings 5:13, 2 Kings 5:13, 2 Kings 8:9, 2 Kings 8:9, 2 Kings 2:12
22And he said: Thou shalt not kill them: for thou didst not take them with thy sword, or thy bow, that thou mayst kill them: but 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 a great provision of meats was set before them, and they ate and drank; and he let them go: and they went away to their master: and the robbers 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 these things, that Benadad, king of Syria, gathered together all his army, 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 so long did the siege continue, till the head of an ass was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cabe of pigeons' 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 the wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying: Save me, 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 the Lord doth not save thee, how can I save thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? And the king said to her: What aileth thee? And she answered:
Psalms 118:8, Psalms 118:9, Psalms 118:8, Psalms 118:9, Psalms 62:8
28This woman said to me: Give thy son, that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.
2 Samuel 14:5, 2 Samuel 14:5, Lamentations 4:10, Judges 18:23, Lamentations 4:10
29So we boiled my son, and ate him. And I said to 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
30When the king heard this, he rent his garments, and passed by upon the wall. And all the people saw the haircloth which he wore within next to his flesh.
1 Kings 21:27, 1 Kings 21:27, 2 Kings 19:1, Isaiah 58:5, Isaiah 58:7
31And the king said: May God do so and so to me, and may he add more, if the head of Eliseus, the son of Saphat, shall stand on him this day.
Ruth 1:17, 1 Kings 19:2, Ruth 1:17, 1 Kings 19:2, John 11:50
32But Eliseus sat in his house, and the ancients sat with him. So he sent a man before: and before that messenger came, he said to the ancients: Do you know that this son of a murderer hath sent to cut off my head? Look then when the messenger shall come, shut the door, and suffer him not to come in: for behold the sound of his master's feet is behind him.
Ezekiel 8:1, Ezekiel 14:1, 1 Kings 18:4, Ezekiel 20:1, Ezekiel 8:1
33While he was yet speaking to them, the messenger appeared, who was coming to him. And he said: Behold, so great an evil is from the Lord: what shall I look for more from the Lord?
Job 2:9, Job 2:9, Isaiah 8:21, Isaiah 8:21, Psalms 27:14

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