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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 [man] lieth in wait for the righteous [one]{HR}And seeketh to kill him.
 33Jehovah will not leave him in his hand,{HR}And will not condemn him when he is judged. (Psa. 37:32‑33)
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Jer. 36:26• 26But 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 made a combination, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
 13And those that made the conspiracy were more than forty,
 14who therefore came to the high priests and the elders, and said, We have put ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.
 15Now therefore do ye, with the council, signify to the commander that he bring him down unto you as though ye would judge his cause more exactly. But we, before he come near, are ready to slay him.
 16But Paul's sister's son heard of the ambush, and having come and entered into the castle, he reported it to Paul.
 17And Paul called to [him] one of the centurions and said, Bring this young man to the commander; for he hath something to report to him.
 18He therefore took and brought him to the commander, and saith, The prisoner Paul called me to [him] and asked me to bring this young man to thee, as he hath something to say to thee.
 19And the commander took him by the hand, and going aside privately asked, What is that which you have to report to me?
 20And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee to bring down Paul tomorrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat more exactly concerning him.
 21Do not thou therefore yield to them, for there lie in ambush for him more than forty men of them, who put themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink, till they have slain him; and now they are ready looking for the promise from thee.
 22So the commander let the young man go, charging him, Tell no man that thou didst show these things unto me.
 23And he called unto him some two of the centurions, and said, Make ready two hundred soldiers, that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night.
 24And [he bade them] provide beasts that they might set Paul on and bring [him] safe through to Felix the governor,
 25having written a letter in this form.
 26Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix, greeting.
 27This man when seized by the Jews and about to be slain by them, I coming up with the soldiery rescued, having learnt that he was a Roman. (Acts 23:12‑27)
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Gen. 37:17• 17And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went to his brethren, and found them in 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, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtly.
 23See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah. (1 Sam. 23:22‑23)
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Psa. 10:8‑10• 8He sitteth in the place of ambush of the villages;{HR}In the lurking places he slayeth the innocent;{HR}His eyes lurk for the wretched.
 9He lieth in wait in the secret place like a lion in his covert;{HR}He lieth in wait to catch the afflicted;{HR}He catcheth the afflicted when he draweth him into his net.
 10And he is crushed, he is brought low,{HR}The wretched hath fallen by his might. (Psa. 10:8‑10)
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Psa. 37:12‑14,32‑33• 12The wicked [man] deviseth evil against the righteous [man]{HR}And gnasheth his teeth upon him.
 13The Lord laugheth at him,{HR}For he hath seen that his day is come.
 14A sword have the wicked drawn,{HR}And they have bent their bow,{HR}To cause the poor and needy to fall,{HR}To slay the upright in way.
 32The wicked [man] lieth in wait for the righteous [one]{HR}And seeketh to kill him.
 33Jehovah will not leave him in his hand,{HR}And will not condemn him when he is judged. (Psa. 37:12‑14,32‑33)
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Jer. 36:26• 26But 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 Judea; 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 together a council, and said, What do we, for this man doeth many signs?
 48[and] if we leave him thus, all will believe on him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.
 49But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest of that year, said to them, Ye know nothing,
 50nor reckon that it is profitable for you that one man should die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.
 51Now this he said not from himself, but, being high priest of that year, he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation,
 52and not for the nation only, but that also he should gather together into one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
 53From that day therefore they consulted 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 made a combination, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
 13And those that made the conspiracy were more than forty,
 14who therefore came to the high priests and the elders, and said, We have put ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.
 15Now therefore do ye, with the council, signify to the commander that he bring him down unto you as though ye would judge his cause more exactly. But we, before he come near, are ready to slay him.
 16But Paul's sister's son heard of the ambush, and having come and entered into the castle, he reported it to Paul.
 17And Paul called to [him] one of the centurions and said, Bring this young man to the commander; for he hath something to report to him.
 18He therefore took and brought him to the commander, and saith, The prisoner Paul called me to [him] and asked me to bring this young man to thee, as he hath something to say to thee.
 19And the commander took him by the hand, and going aside privately asked, What is that which you have to report to me?
 20And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee to bring down Paul tomorrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat more exactly concerning him.
 21Do not thou therefore yield to them, for there lie in ambush for him more than forty men of them, who put themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink, till they have slain him; and now they are ready looking for the promise from thee.
 22So the commander let the young man go, charging him, Tell no man that thou didst show these things unto me.
 23And he called unto him some two of the centurions, and said, Make ready two hundred soldiers, that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night.
 24And [he bade them] provide beasts that they might set Paul on and bring [him] safe through to Felix the governor,
 25having written a letter in this form.
 26Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix, greeting.
 27This man when seized by the Jews and about to be slain by them, I coming up with the soldiery rescued, having learnt 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 are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went to his brethren, and found them in 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.

W. Kelly 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.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)