2 Kings 6:10

What does 2 Kings 6:10 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Kings 6:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

So the king of Israel sent to the place where the man of God had said there was danger, and kept clear of it more than once.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and the king of Israel sendeth unto the place of which the man of God spake to him, and warned him, and he is preserved there not once nor twice.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And the king of Israel, sent to the place which the man of God had told him, and prevented him, and looked well to himself there not once nor twice.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man ofGod told him and warned him of, and he was on his guard there. [That took place] not once, nor twice.

Context

v.9And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are coming down.

v.10This passage

v.11And the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Kings 5:14

    Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

  • Acts 27:24

    saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Cæsar: and lo, God hath granted thee all them that sail with thee.

  • Matthew 3:7

    But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

  • Amos 7:1

    Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.

  • 2 Kings 13:14

    Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died: and Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over him, and said, My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!

  • Proverbs 27:12

    A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; Butthe simple pass on, and suffer for it.

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