2 Kings 7:15

15 They followed them as far as the Jordan River and saw how the whole road was littered with clothes and equipment that the Arameans had thrown away in their hurry. The messengers returned and told the king about it.

2 Kings 7:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 7:15

And they went after them unto Jordan
Not finding them in the camp, and knowing the rout they would take to their own land, they went as far as Jordan, over which they must pass:

and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels which the Syrians
had cast away in their haste;
in their fright and flight, such of their clothes as hindered them in running; and their armour, as Josephus ^F3 seems rightly to understand the word used, these they threw away for quicker dispatch:

and the messengers returned and told the king:
that it was as the lepers said, and what they themselves had seen.

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 9. c. 4. sect. 5.)

2 Kings 7:15 In-Context

13 One of his officers replied, "Please let some men take five of the horses that are left here. Those men will be no worse off than the rest of the Israelites who are dying. Let's send them to take a look."

14 So they took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them to follow the Aramean army and told them to find out what happened.

15 They followed them as far as the Jordan River and saw how the whole road was littered with clothes and equipment that the Arameans had thrown away in their hurry. The messengers returned and told the king about it.

16 So the people went out and looted the Aramean camp. Then 24 cups of the best flour sold for half an ounce of silver, and 48 cups of barley sold for half an ounce of silver, as the LORD had predicted.

17 The king appointed the servant on whose arm he used to lean to be in charge of the gate. But the people trampled him to death in the gateway, as the man of God had predicted when the king came to him.