2 Kings 6:8

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Summary

Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.

The king

2 Kings 6:24

1 Kings 20:1

1 Kings 22:31

Took

Bible References

The king

After this, Benhadad king of Syria gathered all the Host, and went and besieged Samaria.

And Benhadad, king of Syria, gathered all his host together - and thirty two kings with him, with horse and chariot - and went up and besieged Samaria and warred against it.

But the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, of which he had thirty two, saying, "Fight neither with small nor great, save with the king of Israel only."

Took

Then said the servants of the kings of Syria to him, "The gods of the hills are their gods, and therefore they had the better of us. But let us fight with them in the plain, and for what ye will, we shall have the better of them.

Which destroyeth the devices of the subtle, so that they are not able to perform the things that they take in hand;

Through counsel the things that men devise go forward; and with discretion ought wars to be taken in hand.

There is no wisdom, there is no understanding, there is no counsel against the LORD.

Because that the king of Syria, Ephraim, and Remaliah's son have wickedly conspired against thee,

Take your counsel together, yet must your counsel come to nought; go in hand withal, yet shall it not prosper. For God is with us.