2 Kings 6:14
Good News Translation
he sent a large force there with horses and chariots. They reached the town at night and surrounded it.

New Revised Standard Version
So he sent horses and chariots there and a great army; they came by night, and surrounded the city.

Contemporary English Version
He ordered his best troops to go there with horses and chariots. They marched out during the night and surrounded the town.

New American Bible
he sent there a strong force with horses and chariots. They arrived by night and encircled the city.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore, he sent thither horses, and chariots, and the strength of an army: and they came by night, and beset the city.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Therefore, he sent thither horses, and chariots, and the strength of an army: and they came by night, and beset the city.

2 Kings 1:9-13 And he sent to him a captain of fifty, and the fifty men that were under him. And he went up to him, and as he was sitting on the top of a hill, he said to him: Man of God, the king hath commanded that thou come down. . . .

1 Samuel 23:26 And Saul went on this side of the mountain: and David and his men were on the other side of the mountain: and David despaired of being able to escape from the face of Saul: and Saul and his men encompassed David and his men round about, to take them.

1 Samuel 24:2 Saul, therefore, took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went out to seek after David and his men, even upon the most craggy rocks, which are accessible only to wild goats.

Matthew 26:47,55 As he yet spoke, behold Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the ancients of the people. . . .

John 18:3-6 Judas therefore having received a band of soldiers and servants from the chief priests and the Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. . . .

great [heb] heavy

2 Kings 18:17 And the king of the Assyrians sent Tharthan, and Rabsaris, and Rabsaces, from Lachis, to king Ezechias, with a strong army, to Jerusalem: and they went up and came to Jerusalem, and they stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the way of the fuller's field.

Context
Elisha Captures the Blinded Arameans
13And he said to them: Go, and see where he is: that I may send and take him. And they told him: saying: Behold he is in Dothan. 14Therefore, he sent thither horses, and chariots, and the strength of an army: and they came by night, and beset the city.15And the servant of the man of God, rising early went out, and saw an army round about the city, and horses and chariots: and he told him, saying: Alas, alas, alas, my lord, what shall we do?…
Cross References
Luke 21:20
And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed about with an army, then know that the desolation thereof is at hand.

2 Kings 1:9
And he sent to him a captain of fifty, and the fifty men that were under him. And he went up to him, and as he was sitting on the top of a hill, he said to him: Man of God, the king hath commanded that thou come down.

2 Kings 6:13
And he said to them: Go, and see where he is: that I may send and take him. And they told him: saying: Behold he is in Dothan.

2 Kings 6:15
And the servant of the man of God, rising early went out, and saw an army round about the city, and horses and chariots: and he told him, saying: Alas, alas, alas, my lord, what shall we do?

2 Kings 6:13
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