2 Kings 6 (NET)

2 Kings 6:1¹Some of the prophets said to Elisha, “Look, the place where we meet with you is too cramped for us.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 2:3Isa 54:2-31 Kgs 20:351 Sam 19:202 Kgs 4:1Isa 49:19-20Josh 17:14Josh 19:47Job 36:162 Kgs 4:38

2 Kings 6:2²Let’s go to the Jordan. Each of us will get a log from there, and we will build a meeting place for ourselves there.” He said, “Go.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 9:61 Thess 2:91 Tim 6:62 Thess 3:8Acts 18:3Acts 20:34-35John 21:3

2 Kings 6:3³One of them said, “Please come along with your servants.” He replied, “All right, I’ll come.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 5:23Job 6:28Judg 19:6Judg 4:8

2 Kings 6:4⁴So he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they started cutting down trees.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 19:5Deut 29:11

2 Kings 6:5⁵As one of them was felling a tree, the ax head dropped into the water. He shouted, “Oh no, my master! It was borrowed!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 3:102 Kgs 6:15Eccl 10:10Ps 37:21Rev 18:102 Kgs 4:7Rev 18:16Rev 18:19Exod 22:14-15Isa 10:34

2 Kings 6:6⁶The prophet asked, “Where did it drop in?” When he showed him the spot, Elisha cut off a branch, threw it in at that spot, and made the ax head float.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 2:212 Kgs 4:41Exod 15:25Mark 8:23-25John 9:6-7Mark 7:33-34

2 Kings 6:7⁷He said, “Lift it out.” So he reached out his hand and grabbed it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 4:362 Kgs 4:7Exod 4:4Acts 9:41Luke 7:15

2 Kings 6:8⁸Now the king of Syria was at war with Israel. He consulted his advisers, who said, “Invade at such and such a place.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 6:24Prov 20:18Prov 21:301 Kgs 22:31Isa 7:5-7Isa 8:10Job 5:12-131 Kgs 20:11 Kgs 20:231 Kgs 20:34

2 Kings 6:9⁹But the prophet sent this message to the king of Israel, “Make sure you don’t pass through this place because Syria is invading there.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 3:71 Kgs 20:131 Kgs 20:282 Kgs 3:17-192 Kgs 4:272 Kgs 6:12Rev 1:1

2 Kings 6:10¹⁰So the king of Israel sent a message to the place the prophet had pointed out, warning it to be on its guard. This happened on several occasions.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 20:152 Chr 20:202 Kgs 13:142 Kgs 2:122 Kgs 5:14Acts 27:24Amos 7:1-6Exod 9:20-21Ezek 3:18-21Heb 11:7

2 Kings 6:11¹¹This 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.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 22:81 Sam 28:21Isa 57:20-21Job 18:7-11Matt 2:3-12Ps 48:4-5

2 Kings 6:12¹²One of his advisers said, “No, my master, O king. The prophet Elisha who lives in Israel keeps telling the king of Israel the things you say in your bedroom.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 3:7Dan 2:28-302 Kgs 6:9-10Dan 2:22-23Eccl 10:202 Kgs 5:13-152 Kgs 5:3Dan 2:47Dan 4:9-18Isa 29:15

2 Kings 6:13¹³The king ordered, “Go, find out where he is, so I can send some men to capture him.” The king was told, “He is in Dothan.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 37:17John 11:47-531 Sam 23:22-23Acts 23:12-27Jer 36:26Matt 2:4-8Ps 10:8-10Ps 37:12-14Ps 37:32-33

2 Kings 6:14¹⁴So he sent horses and chariots there, along with a good-sized army. They arrived during the night and surrounded the city.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 23:261 Sam 24:22 Kgs 18:17John 18:3-6Matt 26:47Matt 26:552 Kgs 1:9-13

2 Kings 6:15¹⁵The prophet’s attendant got up early in the morning. When he went outside there was an army surrounding the city, along with horses and chariots. He said to Elisha, “Oh no, my master! What will we do?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 8:262 Chr 20:12Exod 24:13Ps 53:51 Kgs 19:212 Kgs 3:112 Kgs 5:202 Kgs 5:272 Kgs 6:5Acts 13:5

2 Kings 6:16¹⁶He replied, “Don’t be afraid, for our side outnumbers them.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 8:31Isa 41:10-141 John 4:42 Chr 32:7-8Acts 18:9-10Exod 14:13Ps 55:18Isa 8:10Ps 118:11-12Ps 27:3

2 Kings 6:17¹⁷Then Elisha prayed, “O Lord, open his eyes so he can see.” The Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he saw that the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 34:7Ps 68:17Zech 6:1-7Heb 1:142 Kgs 2:11Acts 26:18Isa 42:7Matt 26:53Ps 119:18Eph 1:18

2 Kings 6:18¹⁸As the army approached him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike these people with blindness.” The Lord struck them with blindness as Elisha requested.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 13:11John 12:40Gen 19:11John 9:39Deut 28:28Job 5:14Rom 11:7Zech 12:4

2 Kings 6:19¹⁹Then Elisha said to them, “This is not the right road or city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you’re looking for.” He led them to Samaria.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 16:18-19Luke 24:16Luke 9:23Mark 8:34Matt 16:24

2 Kings 6:20²⁰When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O Lord, open their eyes, so they can see.” The Lord opened their eyes, and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 6:17Judg 20:40-42Luke 16:23Luke 24:31

2 Kings 6:21²¹When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, “Should I strike them down, my master?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 5:132 Kgs 8:92 Kgs 2:121 Sam 24:191 Sam 24:41 Sam 26:82 Kgs 13:14Luke 22:49Luke 9:54-56

2 Kings 6:22²²He replied, “Do not strike them down! You did not capture them with your sword or bow, so what gives you the right to strike them down? Give them some food and water, so they can eat and drink and then go back to their master.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 48:22Rom 12:20-212 Chr 28:8-15Deut 20:11-16Hos 2:18Hos 1:7Josh 24:12Matt 5:44Prov 25:21-22Ps 44:6

2 Kings 6:23²³So he threw a big banquet for them and they ate and drank. Then he sent them back to their master. After that no Syrian raiding parties again invaded the land of Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 5:22 Kgs 24:22 Kgs 6:8-9Luke 10:29-37Luke 6:352 Chr 28:15Matt 5:47Prov 25:21-221 Sam 24:17-18

2 Kings 6:24²⁴Later King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled his entire army and attacked and besieged Samaria.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 20:11 Kgs 22:312 Kgs 17:5Deut 28:52Eccl 9:142 Kgs 18:92 Kgs 25:1

2 Kings 6:25²⁵Samaria’s food supply ran out. They laid siege to it so long that a donkey’s head was selling for eighty shekels of silver and a quarter of a kab of dove’s droppings for five shekels of silver.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 6:28-29Jer 14:13-15Jer 14:18Jer 52:6Jer 32:241 Kgs 18:22 Kgs 25:32 Kgs 7:4Ezek 4:13-16Lev 26:26

2 Kings 6:26²⁶While the king of Israel was passing by on the city wall, a woman shouted to him, “Help us, my master, O king!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 14:4Acts 21:28Isa 10:3Luke 18:3

2 Kings 6:27²⁷He replied, “No, let the Lord help you. How can I help you? The threshing floor and winepress are empty.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 118:8-9Ps 124:1-3Jer 17:5Ps 127:1Ps 146:3Ps 60:11Ps 62:8

2 Kings 6:28²⁸Then the king asked her, “What’s your problem?” She answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Hand over your son; we’ll eat him today and then eat my son tomorrow.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 14:5Judg 18:23Lam 4:10Lev 26:29Luke 23:291 Sam 1:8Deut 28:53-57Ezek 5:10Gen 21:17Isa 22:1

2 Kings 6:29²⁹So we boiled my son and ate him. Then I said to her the next day, ‘Hand over your son and we’ll eat him.’ But she hid her son!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 28:53Lev 26:291 Kgs 3:26Deut 28:57Isa 49:15Isa 66:13

2 Kings 6:30³⁰When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his clothes. As he was passing by on the wall, the people could see he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 21:272 Kgs 19:12 Kgs 5:7Isa 58:5-7

2 Kings 6:31³¹Then he said, “May God judge me severely if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ruth 1:171 Kgs 19:21 Kgs 18:171 Kgs 2:231 Kgs 22:81 Sam 14:441 Sam 25:221 Sam 3:172 Sam 19:132 Sam 3:35

2 Kings 6:32³²Now Elisha was sitting in his house with the community leaders. The king sent a messenger on ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the leaders, “Do you realize this assassin intends to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and lean against it. His master will certainly be right behind him.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 18:4Ezek 14:1Ezek 20:1Ezek 8:11 Kgs 18:13-141 Kgs 21:101 Kgs 14:61 Kgs 21:132 Kgs 6:12Ezek 33:31

2 Kings 6:33³³He was still talking to them when the messenger approached and said, “Look, the Lord is responsible for this disaster! Why should I continue to wait for the Lord to help?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 2:9Isa 8:211 Sam 28:6-81 Sam 31:42 Cor 2:112 Cor 2:7Exod 16:6-8Gen 4:13Hab 2:3Isa 26:3