2 Kings 6:8-13

6:8

king <04428> [the king.]

consulted <03289> [took.]

Invade <08466> [camp. or, encamping.]

6:9

sure <08104> [Beware.]

Syria <0758> [thither the Syrians.]

6:10

sent ...... place <07971 04725> [sent to the place.]

To see if it were so. But the Vulgate renders, {misit rex Israel ad locum, et pr‘occupavit eum;} "the king of Israel sent to the place, and pre-occupied it;" which is very likely, though not expressed in the Hebrew text.

warning ....... guard <02094 08104> [warned him.]

guard <08104> [saved.]

6:11

upset <03820> [Therefore.]

helping <05046> [Will ye not.]

6:12

master <0113> [None. Heb. No. Elisha.]

telling <05046> [telleth.]

[thy bed chamber.]

6:13

find out where <0351 07200> [spy where.]

Dothan <01886> [Dothan.]

This is supposed to be the same place where Joseph was sold by his brethren; and it is placed by Eusebius 12 miles north of Samaria.