George Leo Haydock
Catholic
1774–1849
“Twice, but very frequently: so that the Syrian feared some treachery. (Haydock)”
The interpretation timeline
2Kgs 6:10
How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.
From the early Church Fathers to now.
2Kgs 6:10 · Douay-Rheims
“And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God had told him, and prevented him, and looked well to himself there not once nor twice.”
Post-Reformation
c. 1650 – 1900
1849
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →
The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.