He prepared a great feast for them. After they ate and drank, he sent them away and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria stopped raiding the land of Israel.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Kings 6:23 in context
2 Kings 6:20–26
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When they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, “LORD, open these men’s eyes, that they may see.”
The LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and behold, they were in the middle of Samaria.
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The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, “My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?”
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He answered, “You shall not strike them. Would you strike those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, then go to their master.”
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He prepared a great feast for them. After they ate and drank, he sent them away and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria stopped raiding the land of Israel.
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After this, Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
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There was a great famine in Samaria. Behold, they besieged it until a donkey’s head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
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As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, a woman cried to him, saying, “Help, my lord, O king!”
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