2 Kings 6:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

The king of Aram was making war against Israel. He had a council meeting with his army officers. He said, “Go to such and such a place and prepare to attack the Israelites when they come by.”

Cross References

Isaiah 8:10

Make your plans for the fight. Your plans will be defeated. Give orders to your armies, but your orders will be useless, because God is with us!

Proverbs 21:30

There is no one wise enough to make a plan that can succeed if the Lord is against it.

Proverbs 20:18

Get good advice when you make your plans. Before you start a war, find good advisors.

2 Kings 6:24

After this happened, King Ben-Hadad of Aram gathered all his army and went to surround and attack the city of Samaria.

1 Kings 22:31

The king of Aram had 32 chariot commanders. He gave them this command, “Don’t go after anyone except the king of Israel, no matter how important they are.”

1 Kings 20:34

Ben-Hadad said to him, “Ahab, I will give you the towns that my father took from your father. And you can put shops in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” Ahab answered, “If you agree to this, I will let you go free.” So the two kings made a peace agreement. Then King Ahab let King Ben-Hadad go free.

1 Kings 20:23

King Ben-Hadad’s officers said to him, “The gods of Israel are mountain gods. We fought in a mountain area, so the Israelites won. If we fight them on level ground, we will win.

1 Kings 20:1

King Ben-Hadad of Aram gathered his army together. There were 32 kings with him and many horses and chariots. They surrounded Samaria and attacked it.

2 Kings 6:7

Elisha said, “So pick up the ax head.” Then the man reached out and took the ax head.

2 Kings 6:9

But the man of God sent a message to the king of Israel. Elisha said, “Be careful! Don’t go by that place, because the Aramean soldiers are hiding there!”

1 Kings 22:1

For the next two years there was peace between Israel and Aram.