21When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, "Shall I kill them, my father? Shall I kill them?"


In Context

18 As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the Lord , "Strike these people with blindness." So he struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked.

19 Elisha told them, "This is not the road and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you are looking for." And he led them to Samaria.

20 After they entered the city, Elisha said, "Lord , open the eyes of these men so they can see." Then the Lord opened their eyes and they looked, and there they were, inside Samaria.

21 When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, "Shall I kill them, my father? Shall I kill them?"

22 "Do not kill them," he answered. "Would you kill men you have captured with your own sword or bow? Set food and water before them so that they may eat and drink and then go back to their master."

23 So he prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. So the bands from Aram stopped raiding Israel's territory.

2nd Kings 6:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:21And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite [them?] shall I smite [them? ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:21And the king of Israel said to Eliseus, when he saw them: My father, shall I kill them?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:21And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:21And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite? shall I smite them?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:21And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father; shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:21And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:21The king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, |My father, shall I strike them? Shall I strike them?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:21And the king of Israel saith unto Elisha, at his seeing them, 'Do I smite — do I smite — my father?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:21And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?