2 Kings 6:13 “So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capt…”

2 Kings 6:13

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,”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

He said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him.” He was told, “Behold, he is in Dothan.”

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And he said, Goe, and espie where he is, that I may sende and fetch him. And one tolde him, saying, Beholde, he is in Dothan.

Darby Translation

And he said, Go and see where he is, and I will send and fetch him. And it was told him saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

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.'

Bible in Basic English

Then he said, Go and see where he is, so that I may send and get him. And news came to him that he was in Dothan.

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Cross references

“spy where”

John 11:47–53 Psalm 10:8–10 Psalm 37:12–14 Jeremiah 36:26 Matthew 2:4–8 Acts 23:12–27

John 11:47–53 · BSB

Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.

Psalm 10:8–10 · BSB

He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.

Psalm 37:12–14 · BSB

The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

Jeremiah 36:26 · BSB

Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.

Matthew 2:4–8 · BSB

And when he had assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ was to be born.

Acts 23:12–27 · BSB

When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

“Dothan”

Genesis 37:17

Genesis 37:17 · BSB

“They have moved on from here,” the man answered. “I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph set out after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”

14the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.

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