2 Kings 6:12

“And one of his servants said, none, my lord, O king, etc.] He believed everyone of his counsellors were true and faithful to him: but Elisha the prophet, that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber; what is said in the most private place, and in the most secret manner: this man had heard much of Elisha, by Naaman, very probably; or perhaps he had attended him in his journey to Israel for a cure, and so might have personal knowledge of Elisha, and be acquainted with the affair of Gehazi; from whence he concluded, that he, who had the thoughts of men revealed to him, had knowledge of their words and counsels, though ever so secret; (see…”

“In thy bedchamber - literally, “in the secret place of thy bedchamber,” i. e.,” in the greatest possible secrecy.” The seclusion of the harem must be taken into account for the full appreciation of the force of the phrase. Probably the Syrian lord who answered Benhadad had received his intelligence from some of the Israelites. return to 'Top of Page'”

“None: Heb. No Elisha: Kg2 5:3, Kg2 5:8, Kg2 5:13-15; Amo 3:7 telleth: Kg2 6:9, Kg2 6:10; Isa 29:15; Jer 23:23, Jer 23:24; Dan 2:22, Dan 2:23, Dan 2:28-30, Dan 2:47, Dan 4:9-18, thy bed chamber, Psa 139:1-4; Ecc 10:20 4 Kings (2 Kings) 6:13”

“Then one of the servants answered, "No, my lord king," i.e., it is not we who disclose thy plans to the king of Israel, "but Elisha the prophet tells him what thou sayest in thy bed-chamber;" whereupon the king of Syria inquired where the prophet lived, and sent a powerful army to Dothan, with horses and chariots, to take him prisoner there. Dothan (see Gen 37:17), which according to the Onom. was twelve Roman miles to the north of Samaria, has been preserved under its old name in a Tell covered with ruins to the south-west of Jenin, on the caravan-road from Gilead to Egypt (see Rob. Bibl. Res. p. 158, and V. de Velde, Journey, i. pp. 273,274). 4 Kings (2 Kings) 6:15”