2 Kings 6:10
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New International Version (©2011)
So the king of Israel checked on the place indicated by the man of God. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So the king of Israel would send word to the place indicated by the man of God. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he would be on the alert there.

English Standard Version (©2001)
And the king of Israel sent to the place about which the man of God told him. Thus he used to warn him, so that he saved himself there more than once or twice.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
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.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Consequently, the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had told him about. The man of God repeatedly warned the king, so the king would be on his guard.

International Standard Version (©2012)
The king of Israel confirmed the matter about which the man of God had warned him. Having been forewarned, he was able to protect himself there on more than one or two occasions.

NET Bible (©2006)
So the king of Israel sent a message to the place the prophet had pointed out, warning it to be on its guard. This happened on several occasions.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Then the king of Israel would send someone to the place that the man of God told him about. Elisha warned them so that they would be on their guard. He did this repeatedly.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.

American King James Version
And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.

American Standard Version
And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God had told him, and prevented him, and looked well to himself there not once nor twice.

Darby Bible Translation
And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and he was on his guard there. That took place not once, nor twice.

English Revised Version
And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.

World English Bible
The king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

6:8-12 The king of Israel regarded the warnings Elisha gave him, of danger from the Syrians, but would not heed the warnings of danger from his sins. Such warnings are little heeded by most; they would save themselves from death, but will not from hell. Nothing that is done, said, or thought, by any person, in any place, at any time, is out of God's knowledge.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 10. - And the King of Israel sent to the place. Recent commentators (Keil, Thenius, Bahr) mostly suppose this to mean that Jehoram sent troops to the place pointed out by the prophet, and anticipated the Syrians by occupying it. But it agrees better with the prophet's injunction, "Beware that thou pass not such a place," to suppose that he merely sent out scouts to see if the place were occupied or no, and finding, in each case, Elisha's warning true, he avoided the locality. Which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice; i.e. repeatedly; at least three several times, perhaps more.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him, and warned him of,.... Sent spies thither to see whether the Syrians were there or not, and whether it was truth the man of God told him; for he had no hearty respect for the prophet, though he had been so serviceable to him:

and saved himself there, not once, nor twice; escaped the snares the king of Syria laid for him, not once, nor twice only, but many times.

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Elisha Captures Blinded Syrians
8Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. 9And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down. 10And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice. …

2 Kings 6:9 The man of God sent word to the king of Israel: "Beware of passing that place, because the Arameans are going down there."
2 Kings 6:11 This enraged the king of Aram. He summoned his officers and demanded of them, "Tell me! Which of us is on the side of the king of Israel?"
Jeremiah 11:18 Because the LORD revealed their plot to me, I knew it, for at that time he showed me what they were doing.