King James Version
2 Kings 6:13 in the King James Version says “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...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
2 Kings 6:13 · KJV
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?
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 . None: Heb. No
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.
Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. great: Heb. heavy
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? the servant: or, the minister
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and spy”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“he is that I may send”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
“him And it was told”
H5046properly, to front, i.e., stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to
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