2 Kings 6:8

Good News Translation

The king of Syria was at war with Israel. He consulted his officers and chose a place to set up his camp.

Cross References

1 Kings 20:1

King Benhadad of Syria gathered all his troops, and supported by thirty-two other rulers with their horses and chariots, he marched up, laid siege to Samaria, and launched attacks against it.

1 Kings 20:23

King Benhadad's officials said to him, “The gods of Israel are mountain gods, and that is why the Israelites defeated us. But we will certainly defeat them if we fight them in the plains.

1 Kings 20:34

Benhadad said to him, “I will restore to you the towns my father took from your father, and you may set up a commercial center for yourself in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria.” Ahab replied, “On these terms, then, I will set you free.” He made a treaty with him and let him go.

1 Kings 22:1

There was peace between Israel and Syria for the next two years,

1 Kings 22:31

The king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders to attack no one else except the king of Israel.

2 Kings 6:24

Some time later King Benhadad of Syria led his entire army against Israel and laid siege to the city of Samaria.

2 Kings 6:7

“Take it out,” he ordered, and the man reached down and picked it up.

2 Kings 6:9

But Elisha sent word to the king of Israel, warning him not to go near that place, because the Syrians were waiting in ambush there.

Proverbs 20:18

Get good advice and you will succeed; don't go charging into battle without a plan.

Proverbs 21:30

Human wisdom, brilliance, insight—they are of no help if the Lord is against you.

Isaiah 8:10

Make your plans! But they will never succeed. Talk all you want to! But it is all useless, because God is with us.