8 The verb form used here is difficult to analyze. On the basis of the form נְחִתִּים (nékhitim) in v. 9 from the root נָחַת (nakhat), it is probably best to emend the verb to תִּנְחְתוּ (tinkhétu; a Qal imperfect form from the same root). The verb נָחַת in at least two other instances carries the nuance “go down, descend” in a military context. For a defense of this view, see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (), .
9 The advisers would have mentioned a specific location, but the details are not significant to the narrator’s purpose, so he simply paraphrases here.

In other versions

Once when the king of Syria was warring against Israel, he took counsel with his servants, saying, “At such and such a place shall be my camp.”

Now the king of Aram was at war with Israel. After conferring with his officers, he said, “I will set up my camp in such and such a place.”

When the king of Aram was waging war against Israel, he conferred with his servants, “My camp will be at such and such a place.”

When the king of Aram was at war with Israel, he would confer with his officers and say, “We will mobilize our forces at such and such a place.”

The king of Aram was fighting with Israel, so he consulted with his officers, saying, “My camp is at such and such a place.”

Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.

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