Tree of Life Version
2 Kings 7:11
11Then the gatekeepers called out, and it was reported to the royal palace inside.
2 Kings 7:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s house within.
- New International Version (NIV)The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported within the palace.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then the gatekeepers called out, and it was told within the king's household.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the gatekeepers called out, and they told it to the king’s household inside.
Context of 2 Kings 7:11
9Then they said to each other, “It’s not right, what we’re doing. This day is a day of good news, and we’re keeping silent! If we wait till the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Let’s go now and report to the king’s household.” 10So they came and called out to the city gatekeepers, and told them, “We went to the camp of the Arameans, and look, there was not a single soul there, no human voice—just the horses and the donkeys tied up, and the tents just as they were.” Then the gatekeepers called out, and it was reported to the royal palace inside. 12When the king got up in the night, he said to his courtiers, “Let me tell you now what the Arameans have contrived against us. They know that we are hungry, so they went out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we’ll capture them alive and get into the city.’” 13But one of his courtiers answered and said, “Please let some men take five of the remaining horses left in the city—look, they are just like the whole multitude left in it, and look, they will be just like the whole multitude of Israel that has already perished—so let’s send and see.”
Read all of 2 Kings 72 Kings 7:11 word by word
וַיִּקְרָ֖א הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֑ים וַיַּגִּ֕ידוּ בֵּ֥ית הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ פְּנִֽימָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Kings 7:11
- 2 Kings 6:8Now the king of Aram was warring against Israel. He consulted with his officers, saying, “In such and such a place will be my camp.”
- Genesis 20:8Abimelech rose early in the morning, called all his servants and spoke all these words in their ears—and the men were very frightened.
- Genesis 41:38Then Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can a man like this be found, one in whom is God’s Spirit?”
- 1 Kings 20:7Then the king of Israel summoned all the elders of the land and said, “Please know and see how this man is bent on evil! For he sent someone to me for my wives, my children, my silver and my gold, and I didn’t refuse him.”
- 2 Kings 7:1Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of Adonai. Thus says Adonai: Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will sell for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.”
- 2 Kings 5:7Now when the king of Israel read the letter, he ripped his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man is sending to me to cure a man of his tza'arat? But please consider, and see how he is seeking a pretext against me.”
- 2 Kings 6:25Now there was a great famine in Samaria, since they were besieging it, until a donkey’s head was sold for 80 pieces of silver, and the quarter of a kav of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
- Joshua 8:4He commanded them saying: “Look, you are going to ambush the city from behind it. Don’t go too far from the city, but all of you be ready.
- Judges 20:29So Israel set men in ambush against Gibeah on all sides.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 7:11
- 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. 10-12Joram thought the Arameans might have set a trap to ambush the Israelites. Joshua used a similar tactic to capture the city of Ai (Joshua 8:3–23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-118-11. these lepers ... did eat and drink--After they had appeased their hunger and secreted as many valuables as they could carry, their consciences smote them for concealing the discovery and they hastened to publish it in the city.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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