Lièwángjìxià 7:12

12 Wáng yè jiān qǐlai , duì chénpú shuō , wǒ gàosu nǐmen Yàlán rén xiàng wǒmen rúhé xíng . tāmen zhīdào wǒmen jīè , suǒyǐ lí yíng , máifu zaì tiānyĕ , shuō , Yǐsèliè rén chū chéng de shíhou , wǒmen jiù huó zhuō tāmen , déyǐ jìn chéng .

Lièwángjìxià 7:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 7:12

And the king arose in the night
Upon the report made to him:

and he said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians
have done to us;
taking it to be a stratagem of theirs to decoy them:

they know that we be hungry;
and would be glad to come out of the city to get some food:

therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the
field;
to make us believe that they have broke up the siege, and have deserted the camp, and are gone, when they only lie in ambush:

saying, when they come out of the city;
which they supposed they would do through hunger:

we shall catch them alive;
take them captive at once:

and get into the city;
being open to let them out, and receive them on their return.

Lièwángjìxià 7:12 In-Context

10 Tāmen jiù qù jiào shǒu chéng mén de , gàosu tāmen shuō , wǒmen dào le Yàlán rén de yíng , bú jiàn yī rén zaì nàli , yĕ wú rén shēng , zhǐyǒu shuān zhe de mǎ hé lü , zhàngpéng dōu zhào jiù .
11 Shǒu chéng mén de jiào le zhòng shǒu mén de rén lái , tāmen jiù jìn qù yǔ wáng jiā bàoxìn .
12 Wáng yè jiān qǐlai , duì chénpú shuō , wǒ gàosu nǐmen Yàlán rén xiàng wǒmen rúhé xíng . tāmen zhīdào wǒmen jīè , suǒyǐ lí yíng , máifu zaì tiānyĕ , shuō , Yǐsèliè rén chū chéng de shíhou , wǒmen jiù huó zhuō tāmen , déyǐ jìn chéng .
13 Yǒu yī gè chénpú duì wáng shuō , wǒmen bù rú yòng chéng lǐ shèngxia zhī mǎ zhōng de wǔ pǐ mǎ ( mǎ hé chéng lǐ shèngxia de Yǐsèliè rén dōu shì yíyàng , kuaì yào mièjué ) , dǎfa rén qù kuītàn .
14 Yúshì qǔ le liǎng liàng chē hé mǎ , wáng chāi rén qù zhuī xún Yàlán jūn , shuō , nǐmen qù kuītàn kuītàn .
Public Domain