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2 Kings 6:23

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He prepared a great feast for them. When they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria stopped raiding the land of Israel.

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2 Kings 6:23 in other translations

And he prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel.

2 Kings 6:23 · American Standard Version

2 Kings 6:23 in context

  1. 21The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, “My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?”
  2. 22He answered, “You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.”
  3. 23He prepared a great feast for them. When they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria stopped raiding the land of Israel.
  4. 24After this, Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
  5. 25There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it, until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.