2 Kings 6:23 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²³ 8 This woman said to me: Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ So [the king] prepared great provision for them, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

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. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

Common English Bible

²³ So the king gave them a great feast, and they ate and drank. Then the king let them go, and they returned to their master. After that, Aramean raiding parties didn’t come into Israel anymore.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ And a great preparation of foods was placed before them. And they ate and drank. And he dismissed them. And they went away to their lord. And the robbers of Syria no longer came into the land of Israel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ And a great provision of meats was set before them, and they ate and drank. And he let them go: and they went away to their master. And the robbers of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

2 Kings 6:23 Cross References

2 Kings 24:2

And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his own country: for the king of Babylon had taken all that had belonged to the king of Egypt, from the river of Egypt, unto the river Euphrates.

2 Kings 5:2

And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he rent his garments, and said: Am I God, to be able to kill and give life, that this man hath sent to me, to heal a man of his leprosy? mark, and see how he seeketh occasions against me.

2 Chronicles 28:15

0 And he brought, against him Thelgathphalnasar king of the Assyrians, who also afflicted him, and plundered him without any resistance.

Psalm 46:10

Sing praises to our God, sing ye: sing praises to our king, sing ye.

Matthew 5:47

And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard.

Luke 6:35

3 For there is no good tree that bringeth forth evil fruit; nor an evil tree that bringeth forth good fruit.