2 Kings 6: The Floating Axe Head and Samaria’s Siege

Elisha makes a lost iron axe head float, then warns Israel’s king of Aramean ambushes. When an Aramean army surrounds him at Dothan, God shows his servant fiery chariots, blinds the enemy, and Elisha leads them to Samaria to be fed. Later a siege brings terrible famine, and the king vows to kill Elisha.

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When Aram’s king demanded to know who was siding with Israel, what did a servant of his tell him (2 Kings 6:11-12)?

Israel’s scouts had been following the army for weeksA palace servant had fled to Samaria with the plansA prophet in Israel revealed even his private wordsThe commander of the army had been bribed by Israel