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2 Kings 6:8

New American Bible - revised edition

When the king of Aram was waging war on Israel, he would make plans with his servants: “I will bivouac at such and such a place.”

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Ben-hadad, king of Aram, gathered all his forces and, accompanied by thirty-two kings with horses and chariotry, set out to besiege and attack Samaria.

Meanwhile the servants of the king of Aram said to him: “Their gods are mountain gods. That is why they defeated us. But if we fight them on level ground, we shall be sure to defeat them.

Ben-hadad said to him, “The cities my father took from your father I will restore, and you may set up bazaars for yourself in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” Ahab replied, “For my part, I will set you free on those terms.” So he made a covenant with him and then set him free. Prophetic Condemnation.

Three years passed without war between Aram and Israel.

In the meantime the king of Aram had given his thirty-two chariot commanders the order, “Do not fight with anyone, great or small, except the king of Israel alone.”

After this, Ben-hadad, king of Aram, mustered his whole army and laid siege to Samaria.

He said, “Pick it up.” And the man stretched out his hand and grasped it. The Aramean Ambush.

But the man of God would send word to the king of Israel, “Be careful! Do not pass by this place, for Aram will attack there.”

Plans made with advice succeed; with wise direction wage your war.

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

Form a plan, it shall be thwarted; make a resolve, it shall not be carried out, for “With us is God!” Disciples of Isaiah.




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