Verse 12
2 Kings 7:12
World English Bible, British Edition
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The king arose in the night, and said to his servants, “I will
now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry. Therefore they have gone
out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, ‘When they come out of the city, we shall take
them alive, and get into the city.’”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּ֨קָם הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ לַ֗יְלָה וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל עֲבָדָ֔י/ו אַגִּֽידָה נָּ֣א לָ/כֶ֔ם אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר עָ֥שׂוּ לָ֖/נוּ אֲרָ֑ם יָדְע֞וּ כִּי רְעֵבִ֣ים אֲנַ֗חְנוּ וַ/יֵּצְא֤וּ מִן הַֽ/מַּחֲנֶה֙ לְ/הֵחָבֵ֤ה ב/ה/שדה בַ/שָּׂדֶה֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר כִּֽי יֵצְא֤וּ מִן הָ/עִיר֙ וְ/נִתְפְּשֵׂ֣/ם חַיִּ֔ים וְ/אֶל הָ/עִ֖יר נָבֹֽא
English Translation
And the king arose at night and said to his servants, "I will tell you what Aram has done to us; they know that we are hungry, and they have gone out from the camp to hide in the field, saying, 'When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and go into the city.'"
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Chapter 7 Context
1
Elisha said, “Hear the LORD’s word. The LORD says, ‘Tomorrow about this time
a seah of fine flour wi...
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2
Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man
of God (Elohim), and said, “Behold,...
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3
Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate. They
said to one another, “Why do we si...
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4
If we say, ‘We will enter into the city,’ then the famine is in the city,
and we will die there. If...
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5
They rose up in the twilight to go to the camp of the Syrians.
When they had come to the outermost p...
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6
For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear the
sound of chariots and the sound of horses,...
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7
Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, their
horses, and their donkeys...
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8
When these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into
one tent, and ate and drank...
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9
Then they said to one another, “We aren’t doing right. Today is a day
of good news, and we keep sile...
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10
So they came and called to the city gatekeepers; and they told
them, “We came to the camp of the Syr...
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11
Then the gatekeepers called out and told it to the king’s household
within.
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12
The king arose in the night, and said to his servants, “I will
now show you what the Syrians have do...
13
One of his servants answered, “Please let some people take five
of the horses that remain, which are...
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14
Therefore they took two chariots with horses; and the king sent
them out to the Syrian army, saying,...
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15
They went after them to the Jordan; and behold, all the path
was full of garments and equipment whic...
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16
The people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a sh...
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17
The king had appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to be in
charge of the gate; and the peop...
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18
It happened as the man of God (Elohim) had spoken to the king, saying, “Two seahs of barley for a sh...
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19
and that captain answered the man of God (Elohim), and said, “Now, behold, if
the LORD made windows...
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20
It happened like that to him, for the people trampled over him in the
gate, and he died.
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