2 Kings 6:8

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Summary

Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.

The king

2 Kings 6:24

1 Kings 20:1

1 Kings 22:31

Took

Bible References

The king

Now it came about after this, that Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army and went up and besieged Samaria.

Now Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army, and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.

Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, “Do not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone.”

Took

Now the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the mountains, therefore they were stronger than we; but rather let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they.

“He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.

Prepare plans by consultation,
And make war by wise guidance.

There is no wisdom and no understanding
And no counsel against the Lord.

Because Aram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has planned evil against you, saying,

“Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted;
State a proposal, but it will not stand,
For

God is with us.”