Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Kings 6:14
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the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
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Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
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Therefore he sent horses, chariots, and a great army there. They came by night and surrounded the city.
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Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
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2 Kings 6
12 But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”
13 So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him.” On receiving the report, “Elisha is in Dothan,”
14 the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
16 “Do not be afraid,” Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
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