2 Kings 6:12 (LSB)

Passage

And one of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”

Nearby Context

2 Kings 6:10 And the king of Israel sent to the place about which the man of God had told him; thus he warned him, so that he guarded himself there, more than once or twice.

2 Kings 6:11 Then the heart of the king of Aram was enraged over this thing; and he called his servants and said to them, “Will you not tell me which of us is for the king of Israel?”

2 Kings 6:12 And one of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”

2 Kings 6:13 So he said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and take him.” And it was told to him, saying, “Behold, he is in Dothan.”

2 Kings 6:14 So he sent horses and chariots and a heavy military force there, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "servants", "said", "lord", "king", "elisha", "prophet", "israel", and "tells". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "servants" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Then the heart of the king of..." into verse 13's "So he said Go and see where...", so "servants" and "said" 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 "servants" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.