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2 Kings 7:7
7So the Arameans set out and fled during the twilight, and left their tents, horses, and donkeys, even left the camp just as it was, and fled for their lives.
2 Kings 7:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
- New International Version (NIV)So they got up and fled in the dusk and abandoned their tents and their horses and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So they fled away in the twilight and abandoned their tents, their horses, and their donkeys, leaving the camp as it was, and fled for their lives.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore they arose and fled at twilight, and left the camp intact—their tents, their horses, and their donkeys—and they fled for their lives.
Context of 2 Kings 7:7
5So they got up at twilight to go to the Aramean camp. But when they came to the edge of the camp, there was no one there. 6For the Lord had caused the Aramean army to hear the sound of chariots, and the sound of horses, the sound of a great army. They had said to one another, “The king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come [and fight] against us.” So the Arameans set out and fled during the twilight, and left their tents, horses, and donkeys, even left the camp just as it was, and fled for their lives. 8When these lepers came to the edge of the camp, they went into one tent and ate and drank, and carried away from there silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them. Then they went back and entered another tent and carried [some valuable things] from there also, and went and hid them. 9Then they said one to another, “We are not doing the right thing. This is a day of good news, yet we are keeping silent. If we wait until the morning light, some punishment [for not reporting this now] will come on us. So now come, let us go and tell the king’s household.”
Read all of 2 Kings 72 Kings 7:7 word by word
וַיָּקוּמוּ֮ וַיָּנ֣וּסוּ בַנֶּשֶׁף֒ וַיַּעַזְב֣וּ אֶת־אָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם וְאֶת־סֽוּסֵיהֶם֙ וְאֶת־חֲמֹ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה כַּאֲשֶׁר־הִ֑יא וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ אֶל־נַפְשָֽׁם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Wherefore they aroseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
- and fledנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
- in the twilightנֶ֫שֶׁףnesheph · twilightH5399
- and leftעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
- their tentsאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
- and their horsesסוּסsûs sûs · horseH5483
- and their assesחֲמוֹרchămôr chămôr · donkeyH2543
- even the campמַחֲנֶהmachăneh · campH4264
- for their lifeנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
Cross-references for 2 Kings 7:7
- Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side And chase at his heels.
- Psalms 48:4For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They [came and] passed by together.
- Psalms 68:12“The kings of the [enemies’] armies flee, they flee, And the beautiful woman who remains at home divides the spoil [left behind].”
- Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it whichever way He wishes.
- Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no one pursues them, But the righteous are as bold as a lion.
- Jeremiah 48:8And the destroyer will come upon every city; No city will escape. The [Jordan] valley also will be ruined And the plain will be devastated, As the Lord has said.
- Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and some in horses, But we will remember and trust in the name of the Lord our God.
- Psalms 33:17A horse is a false hope for victory; Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.
- Amos 2:14Flight will be lost to the swift [so they will be unable to escape], And the strong shall not strengthen nor maintain his power, Nor shall the mighty man save his own life.
- Numbers 35:11then you shall select for yourselves cities to be cities of refuge, so that the one who kills any person unintentionally may escape there.
- Proverbs 6:5Tear yourself away like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
- Isaiah 2:20In that day men will throw away to the moles and to the bats Their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they made for themselves [as objects] to worship,
- Matthew 24:16then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains [for refuge].
- Hebrews 6:18so that by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge would have strong encouragement and indwelling strength to hold tightly to the hope set before us.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 7:7
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-11Verses 3-11 God can, when he pleases, make the stoutest heart to tremble; and as for those who will not fear God, he can make them fear at the shaking of a leaf. Providence ordered it, that the lepers came as soon as the Syrians were fled. Their consciences told them that mischief would befall them, if they took care of themselves only. Natural humanity, and fear of punishment, are powerful checks on the selfishness of the ungodly. These feelings tend to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7The Hittites lived just north of Aram and often fought with the Arameans.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots--This illusion of the sense of hearing, whereby the besiegers imagined the tramp of two armies from opposite quarters, was a great miracle which God wrought directly for the deliverance of His people.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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