KJV King James Version
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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2 Kings 6:13
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.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
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,”
WEB World English Bible
He said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him.” It was told him, saying, “Behold, he is in Dothan.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he saith, ‘Go ye and see where he is, and I send and take him;’ and it is declared to him, saying, ‘Lo—in Dothan.’
Surrounding context — 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.
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?
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.
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.
14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
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?
16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that [be] with us [are] more than they that [be] with them.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayלְכ֤וּH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentוּרְאוּ֙H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeאֵיכֹ֣הH351 · e.khohwhere?ה֔וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itוְאֶשְׁלַ֖חH7971 · sha.lachto send: departוְאֶקָּחֵ֑הוּH3947 · la.qachto take: takeוַיֻּגַּד־H5046 · na.gadto tellל֥וֹH9033 · ohimלֵאמֹ֖רH559 · a.marto sayהִנֵּ֥הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdבְדֹתָֽן׃H1886 · do.tanDothan
Cross-references
Genesis 37:17And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.John 11:47-53Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.Psalm 37:32-33The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.1 Samuel 23:22-23Go, 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 subtilly.Psalm 37:12-14The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.Matthew 2:4-8And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.Jeremiah 36:26But 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 the LORD hid them.Acts 23:12-27And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.Psalm 10:8-10He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
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