2 Kings 6:13
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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.

spy where

1 Samuel 23:22,23 Go, therefore, I pray you, and use all diligence, and curiously inquire, and consider the place where his foot is, and who hath seen him there: for he thinketh of me, that I lie craftily in wait for him. . . .

Psalm 10:8-10 He sits in ambush with the rich in private places, that he may kill the innocent. . . .

Psalm 37:12-14,32,33 The sinner shall watch the just man: and shall gnash upon him with his teeth. . . .

Jeremiah 36:26 And the king commanded Jeremiel the son of Amelech, and Saraias the son of Ezriel, and Selemias the son of Abdeel, to take up Baruch the scribe, and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord hid them.

Matthew 2:4-8 And assembling together all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born. . . .

John 11:47-53 The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council and said: What do we, for this man doth many miracles? . . .

Acts 23:12-27 And when day was come, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they killed Paul. . . .

12 miles north of Samaria.

Genesis 37:17 And the man said to him: They are departed from this place: for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothain. And Joseph went forward after his brethren, and found them in Dothain.

Context
Elisha Captures the Blinded Arameans
12And one of his servants said: No one, my lord, O king: but Eliseus, the prophet, that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel all the words, that thou speakest in thy privy chamber. 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.…
Cross References
Genesis 37:17
And the man said to him: They are departed from this place: for I heard them say: Let us go to Dothain. And Joseph went forward after his brethren, and found them in Dothain.

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 6:12
And one of his servants said: No one, my lord, O king: but Eliseus, the prophet, that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel all the words, that thou speakest in thy privy chamber.

2 Kings 6:14
Therefore, he sent thither horses, and chariots, and the strength of an army: and they came by night, and beset the city.

Lexicon
So the king said,
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Go
לְכ֤וּ (lə·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

and see
וּרְאוּ֙ (ū·rə·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

where
אֵיכֹ֣ה (’ê·ḵōh)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 351: In what manner? how? where?

he [is],
ה֔וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

that I may send
וְאֶשְׁלַ֖ח (wə·’eš·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

men to capture him.”
וְאֶקָּחֵ֑הוּ (wə·’eq·qā·ḥê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take

On receiving the report,
וַיֻּגַּד־ (way·yug·gaḏ-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hofal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5046: To be conspicuous

“Elisha is in Dothan,”
בְדֹתָֽן׃ (ḇə·ḏō·ṯān)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1886: Dothan -- a place North of Samaria


Additional Translations
So the king said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send men to capture him.” On receiving the report, “Elisha is in Dothan,”And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

And he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

And he said, Go, see where this man is, and I will send and take him. And they sent word to him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothaim.

And he said, Go and see where he is, and I will send and fetch him. And it was told him saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

And he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

And he said, Go, and spy where he is, that I may send and bring him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan.

He said, "Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him." It was told him, saying, "Behold, he is in Dothan."

And he saith, 'Go ye and see where he is, and I send and take him;' and it is declared to him, saying, 'Lo -- in Dothan.'
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