2 Kings 6:11 (GNV)

Passage

And the heart of the King of Aram was troubled for this thing: therefore he called his seruants and saide vnto them, Will ye not shewe me, which of vs bewrayeth our counsel to the king of Israel?

Nearby Context

2 Kings 6:9 Therefore the man of God sent vnto the King of Israel, saying, Beware thou goe not ouer to such a place: for there the Aramites are come downe.

2 Kings 6:10 So the King of Israel sent to the place which the man of God tolde him, and warned him of, and saued himselfe from thence, not once, nor twise.

2 Kings 6:11 And the heart of the King of Aram was troubled for this thing: therefore he called his seruants and saide vnto them, Will ye not shewe me, which of vs bewrayeth our counsel to the king of Israel?

2 Kings 6:12 Then one of his seruants saide, None, my lorde, O King, but Elisha the Prophet that is in Israel, telleth the King of Israel, euen the wordes that thou speakest in thy priuie chamber.

2 Kings 6:13 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "heart", "king", "aram", "troubled", "therefore", "seruants", and "saide". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "heart", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "So the King of Israel sent to..." into verse 12's "Then one of his seruants saide None...", so "called" and "heart" belong inside that flow. In 2 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "heart" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.