7. Then he said, “Pick it up for yourself.” So he reached out his hand and took it.
8. Now the king of Aram was warring against Israel. He consulted with his officers, saying, “In such and such a place will be my camp.”
9. But the man of God sent word to the king of Israel, saying, “Be careful not to pass this place, for the Arameans are coming down there.”
10. So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God told him and warned him about, and so he was on his guard there—more than once or twice.
11. His heart upset over this matter, the king of Aram summoned his officers and said to them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the king of Israel’s side?”
12. But one of his officers said, “No, my lord the king. Rather, Elisha the prophet who is in Israel keeps telling the king of Israel the very words that you speak in your bedroom!”
13. So he said, “Go, see where he is, so I may send and seize him.” Then it was reported to him, “Behold, he is in Dothan.”