The king of Israel sent to the place Either spies, to know whether the information which the prophet had given him was true, or soldiers, to secure the place and passage designed. By this means he frequently saved himself or his people from falling into the hands of the Syrians, who lay in wait for them in places to which they would certainly have gone, if they had not been told of the danger.
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2 Kings 6:10
10 And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice.