Now the king of Syria was at war against Israel; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”
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- KJV Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
- BSB Now the king of Aram was at war against Israel. After consulting with his servants, he said, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”
- NKJV Now the king of Syria was making war against Israel; and he consulted with his servants, saying, “My camp will be in such and such a place.”
- NASB Now the king of Aram was making war against Israel; and he consulted with his servants, saying, “In such and such a place shall be my camp.”
- NLT When the king of Aram was at war with Israel, he would confer with his officers and say, “We will mobilize our forces at such and such a place.”
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- Prov 20:18Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
- Prov 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.
- 2 Kgs 6:24After this, Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
- 1 Kgs 22:31Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, “Don’t fight with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel.”
- Isa 7:5–7Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have plotted evil against you, saying,
- Isa 8:10Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for God is with us.”
- Job 5:12–13He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.
- 1 Kgs 20:23The servants of the king of Syria said to him, “Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we. But let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they.
- 1 Kgs 20:1Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, with horses and chariots. He went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
- 1 Kgs 20:34Ben Hadad said to him, “The cities which my father took from your father I will restore. You shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria.” “I”, said Ahab, “will let you go with this covenant.” So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
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