So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, "Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, 'When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.'" Cross References Joshua 8:4with these orders: "Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready. 2 Kings 6:25 So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey's head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove's dung sold for five shekels of silver. 2 Kings 7:11 The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king's household. 2 Kings 7:13 But one of his servants replied, "Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are doomed. So let us send them and find out." Chapter Outline 1. Elisha prophesies incredible plenty in Samaria3. four lepers, venturing on the host of the Syrians, bring tidings of their flight 12. The king, finding by spies the news to be true, spoils the tents of the Syrians. 17. The lord who would not believe the prophecy of plenty is trampled in the press Jump to Previous Alive Arameans Camp Catch City Field Hide Hungry Night Servants Show Syrians ThemselvesJump to Next Alive Arameans Camp Catch City Field Hide Hungry Night Servants Show Syrians Themselves |
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, "Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, 'When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.'"Links 2 Kings 7:12 NIV2 Kings 7:12 NLT 2 Kings 7:12 ESV 2 Kings 7:12 NASB 2 Kings 7:12 KJV 2 Kings 7:12 Bible Apps 2 Kings 7:12 Parallel 2 Kings 7:12 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 7:12 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 7:12 French Bible 2 Kings 7:12 German Bible 2 Kings 7:12 Commentaries Bible Hub |
