2 Kings 6:8

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2 Kings 6:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

6 “Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.

7 “Lift it out,” he said, and the man reached out his hand and took it.

8 Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”

9 Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful passing by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”

10 So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.

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2 Kings 6:24

Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria.

1 Kings 20:1

Now Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.

1 Kings 20:34

Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.

1 Kings 22:31

Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”

1 Kings 20:23

Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.

Job 5:12

He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

Job 5:13

He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.

Proverbs 20:18

Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.

Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

Isaiah 7:5

For Aram, along with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has plotted your ruin, saying:

Isaiah 7:6

‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’

Isaiah 7:7

But this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘It will not arise; it will not happen.

Isaiah 8:10

Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us.”