Verse 7
2 Kings 6:7
New Living Translation
7
“Grab it,” Elisha said. And the man reached out and grabbed it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶר הָ֣רֶם לָ֑/ךְ וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֥ח יָד֖/וֹ וַ/יִּקָּחֵֽ/הוּ
English Translation
And he said to you, and he sent his hand and took it.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 6 Context
1
One day the group of prophets came to Elisha and told him, “As you can see, this place where we meet...
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2
Let’s go down to the Jordan River, where there are plenty of logs. There we can build a new place fo...
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3
“Please come with us,” someone suggested. “I will,” he said.
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4
So he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they began cutting down trees.
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5
But as one of them was cutting a tree, his ax head fell into the river. “Oh, sir!” he cried. “It was...
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6
“Where did it fall?” the man of God (Elohim) asked. When he showed him the place, Elisha cut a stick...
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7
“Grab it,” Elisha said. And the man reached out and grabbed it.
8
When the king of Aram was at war with Israel, he would confer with his officers and say, “We will mo...
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9
But immediately Elisha, the man of God (Elohim), would warn the king of Israel, “Do not go near that...
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10
So the king of Israel would send word to the place indicated by the man of God (Elohim). Time and ag...
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11
The king of Aram became very upset over this. He called his officers together and demanded, “Which o...
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12
“It’s not us, my lord the king,” one of the officers replied. “Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells...
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13
“Go and find out where he is,” the king commanded, “so I can send troops to seize him.” And the repo...
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14
So one night the king of Aram sent a great army with many chariots and horses to surround the city.
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15
When the servant of the man of God (Elohim) got up early the next morning and went outside, there we...
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16
“Don’t be afraid!” Elisha told him. “For there are more on our side than on theirs!”
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17
Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, open his eyes and let him see!” The LORD opened the young man’s eyes, a...
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18
As the Aramean army advanced toward him, Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please make them blind.” So the LOR...
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19
Then Elisha went out and told them, “You have come the wrong way! This isn’t the right city! Follow...
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20
As soon as they had entered Samaria, Elisha prayed, “O LORD, now open their eyes and let them see.”...
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21
When the king of Israel saw them, he shouted to Elisha, “My father, should I kill them? Should I kil...
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22
“Of course not!” Elisha replied. “Do we kill prisoners of war? Give them food and drink and send the...
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23
So the king made a great feast for them and then sent them home to their master. After that, the Ara...
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24
Some time later, however, King Ben-hadad of Aram mustered his entire army and besieged Samaria.
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25
As a result, there was a great famine in the city. The siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sol...
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26
One day as the king of Israel was walking along the wall of the city, a woman called to him, “Please...
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27
He answered, “If the LORD doesn’t help you, what can I do? I have neither food from the threshing fl...
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28
But then the king asked, “What is the matter?” She replied, “This woman said to me: ‘Come on, let’s...
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29
So we cooked my son and ate him. Then the next day I said to her, ‘Kill your son so we can eat him,’...
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30
When the king heard this, he tore his clothes in despair. And as the king walked along the wall, the...
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31
“May God (Elohim) strike me and even kill me if I don’t separate Elisha’s head from his shoulders th...
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32
Elisha was sitting in his house with the elders of Israel when the king sent a messenger to summon h...
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33
While Elisha was still saying this, the messenger arrived. And the king said, “All this misery is fr...
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