2 Kings 6:8

In 11 translations

BSB

Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”

KJV

¶ 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.camp: or, encamping

WEB

Now the king of Syria was at war against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”

ASV

Now the king of Syria was warring against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.

LSV

And the king of Aram has been fighting against Israel, and takes counsel with his servants, saying, “At such and such a place [is] my encamping.”

YLT

And the king of Aram hath been fighting against Israel, and taketh counsel with his servants, saying, 'At such and such a place [is] my encamping.'

DBY

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

DRC

And the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying: In such and such a place let us lay ambushes.

GNV

Then the King of Aram warred against Israel, and tooke counsell with his seruants, and said, In such and such a place shalbe my campe.

JPS

Now the king of Aram warred against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying: 'In such and such a place shall be my camp.'

LXXE

And the king of Syria was at war with Israel: and he consulted with his servants, saying, I will encamp in such a place.

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WLC

וּמֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֔ם הָיָ֥ה נִלְחָ֖ם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּוָּעַץ֙ אֶל־עֲבָדָ֣יו לֵאמֹ֗ר אֶל־מְק֛וֹם פְּלֹנִ֥י אַלְמֹנִ֖י תַּחֲנֹתִֽי׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς Συρίας ἦν πολεμῶν ἐν Ἰσραήλ· καὶ ἐβουλεύσατο πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας αὐτοῦ, λέγων, εἰς τὸν τόπον τόνδε τινὰ ἐλμωνὶ παρεμβαλῶ.

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• 2 Kings 6:24Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.
• Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
• Proverbs 20:18Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
• Isaiah 7:5–7For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying: ‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’ But this…
• Isaiah 8:10Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”
• Job 5:12–13He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success. He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
• 1 Kings 22:31Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
• 1 Kings 20:34Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he…
• 1 Kings 20:1Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.
• 1 Kings 20:23Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.

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