2 Rois 6:8

8 Or le roi de Syrie, faisant la guerre à Israël, tenait conseil avec ses serviteurs, disant: Mon camp sera dans tel lieu.

2 Rois 6:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 6:8

Then the king of Syria warred against Israel
Proclaimed war against him; on what account, or how long it was after Naaman his general came with a letter of recommendation from him to the king of Israel, and had his cure, is not said:

and took counsel with his servants;
his privy counsellors, or the general officers of his army:

saying, in such and such a place shall be my camp;
in some covered hidden place, as the Targum; where he would lie encamped waiting in ambush, to fall upon the king of Israel unawares, as he and his forces should pass that way; the place, no doubt, was named by the king of Syria, though not recorded by the historian; or, as the words may be rendered,

the place of such and such a man;
for, as Ben Melech observes, "peloni almoni" are used of persons whose names are either unknown or concealed.

2 Rois 6:8 In-Context

6 Et l'homme de Dieu dit: Où est-il tombé? Et il lui montra l'endroit. Alors Élisée coupa un morceau de bois et le jeta là, et fit surnager le fer; et il dit: Ramasse-le.

7 Et il étendit la main et le prit.

8 Or le roi de Syrie, faisant la guerre à Israël, tenait conseil avec ses serviteurs, disant: Mon camp sera dans tel lieu.

9 Mais l'homme de Dieu envoyait dire au roi d'Israël: Garde-toi de négliger ce lieu; car les Syriens y descendent.

10 Et le roi d'Israël envoyait vers le lieu au sujet duquel l'homme de Dieu lui avait parlé et l'avait averti, et il y était sur ses gardes; cela se fit plus d'une et de deux fois.