2 Kings 6:8 - Exposition

Then the King of Syria warred against Israel. It may seem strange that, so soon after sending an embassy to the court of Samaria, and asking a favor ( 2 Kings 5:5 , 2 Kings 5:6 ), Benhadad should resume hostilities, especially as the favor had been obtained ( 2 Kings 5:14 ); but the normal relations between the two countries were those of enmity ( 2 Kings 5:2 ), and a few years would suffice to dim the memory of what had happened. The gratitude of kings is proverbially short-lived. And took counsel with his servants— i.e; his chief officers— saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp ; or, my encampment . תַּצְצֲנֹץ appears to be "a noun in the form of the infinitive." It does not occur elsewhere.