2 Kings 6:10

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.

And the king {H4428} of Israel {H3478} sent {H7971} to the place {H4725} which the man {H376} of God {H430} told {H559} him and warned {H2094} him of, and saved {H8104} himself there, not once {H259} nor twice {H8147}.

So the king of Isra'el sent men to the place the man of God had told him and warned him about, and he took special precautions there. This happened more than once or twice,

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.

And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice.

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Cross-References

  • Hebrews 11:7 (2 votes)

    By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

  • Amos 7:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, [it was] the latter growth after the king's mowings.

  • Amos 7:6 (2 votes)

    The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

  • 2 Kings 13:14 (2 votes)

    Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.

  • Proverbs 27:12 (2 votes)

    ¶ A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.

  • Ezekiel 3:18 (2 votes)

    When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

  • Ezekiel 3:21 (2 votes)

    Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous [man], that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.