2 Kings 6:14
New International Version
Then he sent horses and chariots and a strong force there. They went by night and surrounded the city.

New Living Translation
So one night the king of Aram sent a great army with many chariots and horses to surround the city.

English Standard Version
So he sent there horses and chariots and a great army, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

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

King James Bible
Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

New King James Version
Therefore he sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

New American Standard Bible
So he sent horses and chariots and a substantial army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

NASB 1995
He sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

NASB 1977
And he sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

Legacy Standard Bible
So he sent horses and chariots and a heavy military force there, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

Amplified Bible
So he sent horses and chariots and a powerful army there. They came by night and surrounded the city.

Christian Standard Bible
he sent horses, chariots, and a massive army there. They went by night and surrounded the city.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
he sent horses, chariots, and a massive army there. They went by night and surrounded the city.

American Standard Version
Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he sent there horses and chariots and a powerful army and they came in the night and surrounded the city.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he sent thither horses, and chariots, and a mighty host: and they came by night, and compassed about the city.

Contemporary English Version
He ordered his best troops to go there with horses and chariots. They marched out during the night and surrounded the town.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore he sent thither horses and chariots, and the strength of an army: and they came by night, and beset the city.

English Revised Version
Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So the king sent horses and chariots and a large fighting unit there. They came at night and surrounded the city.

Good News Translation
he sent a large force there with horses and chariots. They reached the town at night and surrounded it.

International Standard Version
So the king of Aram sent out horses, chariots, and an elite force, and they arrived during the night and surrounded the city.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host; and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

Literal Standard Version
And he sends horses and chariot, and a heavy force there, and they come in by night, and go around against the city.

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

New American Bible
he sent there a strong force with horses and chariots. They arrived by night and encircled the city.

NET Bible
So he sent horses and chariots there, along with a good-sized army. They arrived during the night and surrounded the city.

New Revised Standard Version
So he sent horses and chariots there and a great army; they came by night, and surrounded the city.

New Heart English Bible
Therefore he sent horses, chariots, and a great army there. They came by night, and surrounded the city.

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore he sent thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and encompassed the city.

World English Bible
Therefore he sent horses, chariots, and a great army there. They came by night and surrounded the city.

Young's Literal Translation
And he sendeth thither horses and chariot, and a heavy force, and they come in by night, and go round against the city.

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Context
Elisha Captures the Blinded Arameans
13So 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,” 14the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city. 15When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”…

Cross References
Luke 21:20
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.

2 Kings 1:9
Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, "Man of God, the king declares, 'Come down!'"

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,"

2 Kings 6:15
When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, "Oh, my master, what are we to do?"


Treasury of Scripture

Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.

2 Kings 1:9-13
Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down…

1 Samuel 23:26
And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.

1 Samuel 24:2
Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats.

great [heb] heavy

2 Kings 18:17
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.

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2 Kings 6
1. Elisha, allowing the young prophets to enlarge dwellings, floats an axhead
8. He discloses the king of Syria's counsel
13. The army which was sent to Dothan to apprehend Elisha, is blinded
19. Being brought into Samaria, they are dismissed in peace
24. The famine in Samaria causes women to eat their own children
30. The king sends to slay Elisha














(14) A great host.--Of infantry. Not, however, an army but a company. (See 2Kings 6:23.)

They came by night.--So as to take the city by surprise.

Verse 14. - Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host; rather, and a strong force. The expression, חַיִל כָּבֵד, is used by the historical writers with a good deal of vagueness-sometimes of a really great army, sometimes merely of a large retinue (1 Kings 10:2) or of a moderate force (2 Kings 18:17). We must assign it its meaning according to the context. And they came by night, and compassed the city about. A night march was made, to take the prophet by surprise, and the city was encompassed, that it might be impossible for him to escape.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
[the king of Aram] sent
וַיִּשְׁלַח־ (way·yiš·laḥ-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

horses,
סוּסִ֥ים (sū·sîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5483: A swallow, swift (type of bird)

chariots,
וְרֶ֖כֶב (wə·re·ḵeḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7393: A vehicle, a team, cavalry, a rider, the upper millstone

and a great
כָּבֵ֑ד (kā·ḇêḏ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 3515: Heavy

army.
וְחַ֣יִל (wə·ḥa·yil)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2428: A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

They went there
וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

by night
לַ֔יְלָה (lay·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity

and surrounded
וַיַּקִּ֖פוּ (way·yaq·qi·p̄ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5362: To strike, to knock together, surround, circulate

the city.
הָעִֽיר׃ (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement


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