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II Kings 6 (2 Kings 6:29)

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Elisha caused a lost axe head to float, then revealed the Syrian king's battle plans to Israel and struck a Syrian army with blindness before leading them into Samaria and having them fed and released. The Syrians later besieged Samaria so severely that famine drove some inhabitants to cannibalism, prompting the king of Israel to blame Elisha and seek his death.

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(1) And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
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II Kings 2:3II Kings 4:1I Kings 20:35II Kings 4:38I Samuel 19:20Joshua 17:14Joshua 19:47Job 36:16Isaiah 49:19Isaiah 49:20Isaiah 54:2Isaiah 54:3

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II Kings 3:13II Kings 4:38

(2) Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.
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John 21:3Acts 18:3Acts 20:34Acts 20:35I Corinthians 9:6I Thessalonians 2:9II Thessalonians 3:8I Timothy 6:6

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Joshua 4:7

(3) And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go.
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II Kings 5:23Judges 19:6Job 6:28Judges 4:8

(4) So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
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Deuteronomy 19:5Deuteronomy 29:11

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I Kings 18:33Joshua 4:7

(5) But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed.
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Ecclesiastes 10:10Isaiah 10:34II Kings 6:15II Kings 3:10Revelation 18:10Revelation 18:16Revelation 18:19II Kings 4:7Exodus 22:14Exodus 22:15Psalms 37:21

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Judges 5:27Revelation 18:19

(6) And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
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II Kings 2:21II Kings 4:41Exodus 15:25Mark 7:33Mark 7:34Mark 8:23Mark 8:24Mark 8:25John 9:6John 9:7

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Judges 5:27Daniel 2:40Daniel 2:41Ezekiel 37:16Ezekiel 37:19

(7) Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it.
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II Kings 4:7II Kings 4:36Luke 7:15Acts 9:41Exodus 4:4

(8) 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.
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II Kings 6:24I Kings 20:1I Kings 20:34I Kings 22:31I Kings 20:23Job 5:12Job 5:13Proverbs 20:18Proverbs 21:30Isaiah 7:5Isaiah 7:6Isaiah 7:7

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Exodus 33:7II Kings 7:5II Samuel 17:14

(9) And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
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II Kings 3:17II Kings 3:18II Kings 3:19I Kings 20:13I Kings 20:28II Kings 4:27Amos 3:7Revelation 1:1

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Philippians 3:2

(10) And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.
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II Kings 5:14Exodus 9:20Exodus 9:21I Kings 20:15Proverbs 27:12Matthew 24:15Matthew 24:16Matthew 24:17Ezekiel 3:18Ezekiel 3:19Ezekiel 3:20Ezekiel 3:21

(11) Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
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I Samuel 28:21Job 18:7Job 18:8Job 18:9Job 18:10Job 18:11Psalms 48:4Psalms 48:5Isaiah 57:20Isaiah 57:21Matthew 2:3Matthew 2:4

(12) And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
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II Kings 5:3II Kings 5:8II Kings 5:13II Kings 5:14II Kings 5:15Amos 3:7II Kings 6:9II Kings 6:10Isaiah 29:15Jeremiah 23:23Jeremiah 23:24Daniel 2:22

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Jeremiah 28:9Jeremiah 28:12

(13) And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
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I Samuel 23:22I Samuel 23:23Psalms 10:8Psalms 10:9Psalms 10:10Psalms 37:12Psalms 37:13Psalms 37:14Psalms 37:32Psalms 37:33Jeremiah 36:26Matthew 2:4

(14) 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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II Kings 1:9II Kings 1:10II Kings 1:11II Kings 1:12II Kings 1:13I Samuel 23:26I Samuel 24:2Matthew 26:47Matthew 26:55John 18:3John 18:4John 18:5

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II Kings 8:21II Chronicles 21:9II Kings 6:15II Kings 7:6Judges 16:2Judges 4:16

(15) And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
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II Kings 3:11II Kings 5:20II Kings 5:27Exodus 24:13I Kings 19:21Matthew 20:26Matthew 20:27Matthew 20:28Acts 13:5II Kings 6:5II Chronicles 20:12Psalms 53:5

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II Kings 6:14II Kings 7:6Judges 4:16I Kings 20:1Joshua 6:15II Kings 8:21

(16) And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
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Exodus 14:13Psalms 3:6Psalms 11:1Psalms 27:3Psalms 118:11Psalms 118:12Isaiah 8:12Isaiah 8:13Isaiah 41:10Isaiah 41:11Isaiah 41:12Isaiah 41:13

(17) And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
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Psalms 91:15James 5:16James 5:17James 5:18II Kings 6:18II Kings 6:19II Kings 6:20Psalms 119:18Isaiah 42:7Acts 26:18Ephesians 1:18Revelation 3:7

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II Kings 6:18II Kings 6:20II Kings 13:17Isaiah 2:7II Kings 2:2II Kings 2:9

(18) And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
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Deuteronomy 28:28Job 5:14Zechariah 12:4John 9:39John 12:40Acts 13:11Romans 11:7

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II Kings 6:17II Kings 6:21Zechariah 12:4II Kings 2:2II Kings 2:9II Kings 8:14

(19) And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
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Matthew 16:24Mark 8:34Luke 9:23II Samuel 16:18II Samuel 16:19Luke 24:16

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Zephaniah 2:3II Kings 6:20

(20) And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.
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II Kings 6:17Luke 24:31Judges 20:40Judges 20:41Judges 20:42Luke 16:23

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II Kings 6:17I Kings 16:24I Kings 22:37II Kings 10:1II Kings 10:17II Kings 15:14

(21) And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
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II Kings 2:12II Kings 5:13II Kings 8:9II Kings 13:14I Samuel 24:4I Samuel 24:19I Samuel 26:8Luke 9:54Luke 9:55Luke 9:56Luke 22:49

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Exodus 12:23I Samuel 23:2I Samuel 26:8I Kings 20:35II Kings 6:18II Kings 6:22

(22) And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
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Deuteronomy 20:11Deuteronomy 20:12Deuteronomy 20:13Deuteronomy 20:14Deuteronomy 20:15Deuteronomy 20:16II Chronicles 28:8II Chronicles 28:9II Chronicles 28:10II Chronicles 28:11II Chronicles 28:12II Chronicles 28:13

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Exodus 12:23I Samuel 23:2I Samuel 26:8I Kings 20:35II Kings 6:21Isaiah 19:22

(23) And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.
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I Samuel 24:17I Samuel 24:18II Chronicles 28:15Proverbs 25:21Proverbs 25:22Matthew 5:47Luke 6:35Luke 10:29Luke 10:30Luke 10:31Luke 10:32Luke 10:33

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II Kings 24:2I Samuel 30:12Joel 1:4II Kings 5:1

(24) And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
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II Kings 17:5II Kings 18:9II Kings 25:1Deuteronomy 28:52I Kings 20:1I Kings 22:31Ecclesiastes 9:14

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I Kings 20:1Exodus 16:18Numbers 11:32II Kings 5:1II Chronicles 16:7

(25) And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver.
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II Kings 6:28II Kings 6:29II Kings 7:4II Kings 25:3I Kings 18:2Jeremiah 14:13Jeremiah 14:14Jeremiah 14:15Jeremiah 14:18Jeremiah 32:24Jeremiah 52:6Ezekiel 4:13

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Revelation 8:12Leviticus 27:6Exodus 38:17Isaiah 8:9Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 51:23

(26) And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
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II Samuel 14:4Isaiah 10:3Luke 18:3Acts 21:28

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II Chronicles 14:11II Chronicles 26:6

(27) And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
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Psalms 60:11Psalms 62:8Psalms 118:8Psalms 118:9Psalms 124:1Psalms 124:2Psalms 124:3Psalms 127:1Psalms 146:3Isaiah 2:2Jeremiah 17:5

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Exodus 23:5Judges 5:23II Samuel 10:11I Chronicles 19:12II Chronicles 14:11II Chronicles 28:23

(28) And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
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Genesis 21:17Judges 18:23I Samuel 1:8II Samuel 14:5Psalms 114:5Isaiah 22:1Leviticus 26:29Deuteronomy 28:53Deuteronomy 28:54Deuteronomy 28:55Deuteronomy 28:56Deuteronomy 28:57

(29) So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
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I Kings 3:26Isaiah 49:15Isaiah 66:13

(30) And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
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II Kings 5:7II Kings 19:1I Kings 21:27Isaiah 58:5Isaiah 58:6Isaiah 58:7

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I Samuel 9:4I Kings 21:27II Kings 5:8II Kings 11:14II Chronicles 23:13I Kings 6:27

(31) Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
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Ruth 1:17I Samuel 3:17I Samuel 14:44I Samuel 25:22II Samuel 3:9II Samuel 3:35II Samuel 19:13I Kings 2:23I Kings 18:17I Kings 19:2I Kings 22:8Jeremiah 37:15

(32) But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
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Ezekiel 8:1Ezekiel 14:1Ezekiel 20:1Ezekiel 33:31II Kings 6:12II Kings 5:26Luke 13:32I Kings 18:4I Kings 18:13I Kings 18:14I Kings 21:10I Kings 14:6

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Ezekiel 41:3Ezekiel 8:1Genesis 19:6Luke 13:25Genesis 18:1Genesis 19:11

(33) And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
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Genesis 4:13Exodus 16:6Exodus 16:7Exodus 16:8I Samuel 28:6I Samuel 28:7I Samuel 28:8I Samuel 31:4Job 1:11Job 1:21Job 2:5Job 2:9

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