2 Kings 6:8 (YLT)

Passage

And the king of Aram hath been fighting against Israel, and taketh counsel with his servants, saying, `At such and such a place <FI>is<Fi> my encamping.'

Nearby Context

2 Kings 6:6 And the man of God saith, `Whither hath it fallen?' and he sheweth him the place, and he cutteth a stick, and casteth thither, and causeth the iron to swim,

2 Kings 6:7 and saith, `Raise to thee;' and he putteth forth his hand and taketh it.

2 Kings 6:8 And the king of Aram hath been fighting against Israel, and taketh counsel with his servants, saying, `At such and such a place <FI>is<Fi> my encamping.'

2 Kings 6:9 And the man of God sendeth unto the king of Israel, saying, `Take heed of passing by this place, for thither are the Aramaeans coming down;

2 Kings 6:10 and the king of Israel sendeth unto the place of which the man of God spake to him, and warned him, and he is preserved there not once nor twice.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "king", "aram", "hath", "been", "fighting", "against", "israel", and "taketh". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "king" and "aram", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "and saith Raise to thee and he..." into verse 9's "And the man of God sendeth unto...", so "king" and "aram" 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 "king" and "aram" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.