2Ki 6:8 | NETfull | STEP | Now the king of Syria was at war with Israel. He consulted his advisers, who said, “Invade at such and such a place.”

2 Kings 6:8

Elisha Defeats an Army

8 Now the king of Syria was at war with Israel. He consulted his advisers, who said, “Invade ^{▼▼ The verb form used here is difficult to analyze. On the basis of the form נְחִתִּים (n^ekhitim) in v. 9 from the root נָחַת (nakhat), it is probably best to emend the verb to תִּנְחְתוּ (tinkh^etu; a Qal imperfect form from the same root). The verb נָחַת in at least two other instances carries the nuance “go down, descend” in a military context. For a defense of this view, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 72.} at such and such ^{▼▼ The advisers would have mentioned a specific location, but the details are not significant to the narrator’s purpose, so he simply paraphrases here.} a place.”