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2 Kings 6:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13And 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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Role in This Section
This verse advances the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence: “And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Elisha repeatedly exposes Aramean plans.”
Read It With
- 2 Kings 6:8–14
Read 2 Kings 6:13 with 6:8–14. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next reported action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Elisha warns Israel's king of Aramean positions, the Aramean king suspects betrayal, and a force surrounds Dothan to seize the prophet.
Why It Needs Context
2 Kings 6:13 depends on 6:8–14; isolating “And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Elisha repeatedly exposes Aramean plans.”
Read 2 Kings 6:8–14 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Kings 6:8–14 forms one scene or regnal notice: Elisha warns Israel's king of Aramean positions, the Aramean king suspects betrayal, and a force surrounds Dothan to seize the prophet.
Verse 8. 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.
Verse 9. 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.
Verse 10. 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.
Verse 11. 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?
Verse 12. 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.
Verse 13. 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.
Verse 14. 14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
Continue in Context
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 2 Kings 6:8–14, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Kings
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