2 Kings 5:1
Elisha Heals a Syrian General
5:1 Now Naaman, the commander of the king of Syria’s army, was esteemed and respected by his master, for through him the Lord had given Syria military victories. But this great warrior had a skin disease.
2 Kings 5:5
5:5 The king of Syria said, “Go! I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman
went, taking with him ten talents
of silver, six thousand shekels of gold,
and ten suits of clothes.
2 Kings 6:11
6:11 This 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.”
2 Kings 7:4
7:4 If we go into the city, we’ll die of starvation,
and if we stay here we’ll die! So come on, let’s defect
to the Syrian camp! If they spare us,
we’ll live; if they kill us – well, we were going to die anyway.”
2 Kings 7:6
7:6 The
Lord had caused the Syrian camp to hear the sound of chariots and horses and a large army. Then they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has paid the kings of the Hittites and Egypt to attack us!”
2 Kings 7:10
7:10 So they went and called out to the gatekeepers
of the city. They told them, “We entered the Syrian camp and there was no one there. We didn’t even hear a man’s voice.
But the horses and donkeys are still tied up, and the tents remain up.”
2 Kings 8:9
8:9 So Hazael went to visit Elisha.
He took along a gift,
as well as
forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said, “Your son,
King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question,
‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
2 Kings 8:13
8:13 Hazael said, “How could your servant, who is as insignificant as a dog, accomplish this great military victory?”
Elisha answered, “The
Lord has revealed to me that you will be the king of Syria.”
2 Kings 9:14-15
9:14 Then Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi conspired against Joram.
Jehu the Assassin
Now Joram had been in Ramoth Gilead with the whole Israelite army, guarding against an invasion by King Hazael of Syria.
9:15 But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Jehu told his supporters, “If you really want me to be king, then don’t let anyone escape from the city to go and warn Jezreel.”
2 Kings 13:7
13:7 Jehoahaz had no army left
except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,000 foot soldiers. The king of Syria had destroyed his troops
and trampled on them like dust.
2 Kings 13:17
13:17 Elisha
said, “Open the east window,” and he did so.
Elisha said, “Shoot!” and
he did so. Elisha said, “This arrow symbolizes the victory the Lord will give you over Syria. You will annihilate Syria in Aphek!”
2 Kings 16:6-7
16:6 (At that time King Rezin of Syria
recovered Elat for Syria; he drove the Judahites from there.
Syrians
arrived in Elat and live there to this very day.)
16:7 Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, saying, “I am your servant and your dependent.
March up and rescue me from the power
of the king of Syria and the king of Israel, who have attacked
me.”
2 Kings 24:2
24:2 The
Lord sent against him Babylonian, Syrian, Moabite, and Ammonite raiding bands; he sent them to destroy Judah, as he had warned he would do through his servants the prophets.