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2 Kings 6:13 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 6 · verse 13
And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.2 Kings 6:13 · King James Version
2 Kings 6:13 in context
11Therefore 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 shew 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 that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
13And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
14Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
15And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- DothanDôthânDothan, a place in PalestineH1886 →
- fetchlâqachto takeH3947 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- sendshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
- toldnâgadproperly, to frontH5046 →
- spyrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
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Here is, 1. The great force which the king of Syria sent to seize Elisha. He found out where he was, at Dothan (Kg2 6:13), which was not far from Samaria; thither he sent a great host, who were to come upon him by night, and to bring him dead or alive, Kg2 6:14.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-23