2 Kings 6:22

Contemporary English Version 1995

“No!” Elisha answered. “You didn't capture these troops in battle, so you have no right to kill them. Instead, give them something to eat and drink and let them return to their leader.”

Cross References

Genesis 48:22

Meanwhile, I'm giving you the hillside I captured from the Amorites.”

Hosea 2:18

And I will agree to let you live in peace—you will no longer be attacked by wild animals and birds or by weapons of war.

Matthew 5:44

But I tell you to love your enemies and pray for anyone who mistreats you.

Hosea 1:7

But I am the Lord God of Judah, and I will have mercy and save Judah by my own power—not by wars and arrows or swords and cavalry.”

Psalm 44:6

I don't depend on my arrows or my sword to save me.

Joshua 24:12

Your enemies ran from you, but not because you had swords and bows and arrows. I made your enemies panic and run away, as I had done with the two Amorite kings east of the Jordan River.