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2 Kings 6:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

When the king of Aram  was waging war against Israel, he conferred with his servants, ‘My camp will be at such and such a place.’

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Devise a plan; it will fail. Make a prediction; it will not happen. For God is with us.  ,


No wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel will prevail against the  Lord.


Finalise plans with counsel, and wage war with sound guidance.


Some time later, King Ben-hadad  of Aram brought all his military units together and marched up and laid siege to Samaria.


Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders,  ‘Do not fight with anyone at all  except the king of Israel.’


Then Ben-hadad said to him, ‘I restore to you the cities that my father took from your father,  and you may set up marketplaces for yourself in Damascus, like my father set up in Samaria.’ Ahab responded, ‘On the basis of this treaty, I release you.’ So he made a treaty with him and released him.


Now the king of Aram’s servants said to him, ‘Their gods are gods of the hill country.  That’s why they were stronger than we were. Instead, we should fight with them on the plain; then we will certainly be stronger than they are.


Now King Ben-hadad  of Aram assembled his entire army. Thirty-two kings,  along with horses and chariots, were with him. He marched up, besieged Samaria,  and fought against it.


Then he said, ‘Pick it up.’ So he reached out and took it.


But the man of God  sent word to the king of Israel: ‘Be careful passing by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.’


There was  a lull of three years  without war between Aram and Israel.





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