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2 Kings 6

2 Kings 6:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Go
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
and spy
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
where
'eykoh (Hebrew #351)
where
KJV usage: where.
Pronounce: ay-ko
Origin: probably a variation for 349, but not as an interogative
he is, that I may send
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
m and fetch
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
him. And it was told
nagad (Hebrew #5046)
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV usage: bewray, X certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, X fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, X surely, tell, utter.
Pronounce: naw-gad'
Origin: a primitive root
him, saying
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Behold, he is in Dothan
Dothan (Hebrew #1886)
of uncertain derivation; Dothan, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Dothan.
Pronounce: do'-thawn
Origin: or (Aramaic dual) Dothayin (Gen. 37:17) {do- thah'-yin}
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Psa. 37:32‑33• 32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him:
 33Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. (Psa. 37:32‑33)
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Jer. 36:26• 26And the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Jehovah hid them. (Jer. 36:26)
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Acts 23:12‑27• 12And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.
 13And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath;
 14and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.
 15Now therefore do ye with the council make a representation to the chiliarch so that he may bring him down to you, as about to determine more precisely what concerns him, and we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him.
 16But Paul's sister's son, having heard of the lying in wait, came and entered into the fortress and reported it to Paul.
 17And Paul, having called one of the centurions, said, Take this youth to the chiliarch, for he has something to report to him.
 18He therefore, having taken him with him, led him to the chiliarch, and says, The prisoner Paul called me to him and asked me to lead this youth to thee, who has something to say to thee.
 19And the chiliarch having taken him by the hand, and having gone apart in private, inquired, What is it that thou hast to report to me?
 20And he said, The Jews have agreed together to make a request to thee, that thou mayest bring Paul down to-morrow into the council, as about to inquire something more precise concerning him.
 21Do not thou then be persuaded by them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have put themselves under a curse neither to eat nor drink till they kill him; and now they are ready waiting the promise from thee.
 22The chiliarch then dismissed the youth, commanding him, Utter to no one that thou hast represented these things to me.
 23And having called to him certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred light-armed footmen, for the third hour of the night.
 24And he ordered them to provide beasts, that they might set Paul on them and carry him safe through to Felix the governor,
 25having written a letter, couched in this form:
 26Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix, greeting.
 27This man, having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them, I came up with the military and took out of their hands, having learned that he was a Roman. (Acts 23:12‑27)
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Gen. 37:17• 17And the man said, They have removed from this; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them at Dothan. (Gen. 37:17)

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Ministry on This Verse

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spy where.
1 Sam. 23:22‑23• 22Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his track is, who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtilly.
 23And see, and ascertain all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come ye again to me with sure information, that I may go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout the thousands of Judah. (1 Sam. 23:22‑23)
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Psa. 10:8‑10• 8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.
 9He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.
 10He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones. (Psa. 10:8‑10)
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Psa. 37:12‑14,32‑33• 12The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth against him.
 13The Lord laugheth at him; for he seeth that his day is coming.
 14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the afflicted and needy, to slay those that are upright in the way:
 32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him:
 33Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. (Psa. 37:12‑14,32‑33)
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Jer. 36:26• 26And the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Jehovah hid them. (Jer. 36:26)
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Matt. 2:4‑8• 4and, assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.
 5And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea; for thus it is written through the prophet:
 6And *thou* Bethlehem, land of Juda, art in no wise the least among the governors of Juda; for out of thee shall go forth a leader who shall shepherd my people Israel.
 7Then Herod, having secretly called the magi, inquired of them accurately the time of the star that was appearing;
 8and having sent them to Bethlehem, said, Go, search out accurately concerning the child, and when ye shall have found him bring me back word, so that *I* also may come and do him homage. (Matt. 2:4‑8)
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John 11:47‑53• 47The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many signs.
 48If we let him thus alone, all will believe on him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.
 49But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, Ye know nothing
 50nor consider that it is profitable for you that one man die for the people, and not that the whole nation perish.
 51But this he did not say of himself; but, being high priest that year, prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation;
 52and not for the nation only, but that he should also gather together into one the children of God who were scattered abroad.
 53From that day therefore they took counsel that they might kill him. (John 11:47‑53)
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Acts 23:12‑27• 12And when it was day, the Jews, having banded together, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.
 13And they were more than forty who had joined together in this oath;
 14and they went to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have cursed ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.
 15Now therefore do ye with the council make a representation to the chiliarch so that he may bring him down to you, as about to determine more precisely what concerns him, and we, before he draws near, are ready to kill him.
 16But Paul's sister's son, having heard of the lying in wait, came and entered into the fortress and reported it to Paul.
 17And Paul, having called one of the centurions, said, Take this youth to the chiliarch, for he has something to report to him.
 18He therefore, having taken him with him, led him to the chiliarch, and says, The prisoner Paul called me to him and asked me to lead this youth to thee, who has something to say to thee.
 19And the chiliarch having taken him by the hand, and having gone apart in private, inquired, What is it that thou hast to report to me?
 20And he said, The Jews have agreed together to make a request to thee, that thou mayest bring Paul down to-morrow into the council, as about to inquire something more precise concerning him.
 21Do not thou then be persuaded by them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have put themselves under a curse neither to eat nor drink till they kill him; and now they are ready waiting the promise from thee.
 22The chiliarch then dismissed the youth, commanding him, Utter to no one that thou hast represented these things to me.
 23And having called to him certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred light-armed footmen, for the third hour of the night.
 24And he ordered them to provide beasts, that they might set Paul on them and carry him safe through to Felix the governor,
 25having written a letter, couched in this form:
 26Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix, greeting.
 27This man, having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them, I came up with the military and took out of their hands, having learned that he was a Roman. (Acts 23:12‑27)
Dothan.This is supposed to be the same place where Joseph was sold by his brethren; and it is placed by Eusebius 12 miles north of Samaria.
Gen. 37:17• 17And the man said, They have removed from this; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them at Dothan. (Gen. 37:17)
• (Psa. 139:3-4). When one’s heart is not honest, does not arrive at this conclusion, and does not cry, “Whither shall I go from thy spirit? and whither flee from thy presence?” one tries to forget and rebels against God (Psa. 139:7). This is what happened to the king of Syria. (“Dothan: 2 Kings 6:8-23” by H.L. Rossier)
• {v.13-14} “Go and see where he is.” The eyes of the flesh could easily discover where Elisha was, for he did not steal away. God has nothing to hide; He is light itself. Men, on the contrary, love darkness and fear the light. This is why the army came up “by night” and surrounded the city (2 Kings 6:14). (“Dothan: 2 Kings 6:8-23” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he said, Go and see where he is, and I will send and fetch him. And it was told him saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.