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2 Kings 6:23 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 6 · verse 23
And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.2 Kings 6:23 · King James Version
2 Kings 6:23 in context
21And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
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.
23And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
24And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
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 cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- provisionkêrâha purchaseH3740 →
- preparedkârâhto purchaseH3739 →
- masterʼâdôwnsovereignH113 →
- greatgâdôwlgreatH1419 →
- eatenʼâkalto eatH398 →
- drunkshâthâhto imbibeH8354 →
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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