2 Kings 7:5-15

5 They arose at twilight to go to the camp of the Arameans; when they came to the outskirts of the camp of the Arameans, behold, there was no one there.
6 For 1the Lord had caused the army of the Arameans to hear a sound of chariots and a sound of horses, even the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, "Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us 2the kings of the Hittites and 3the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us."
7 Therefore they 4arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents and their horses and their donkeys, even the camp just as it was, and fled for their life.
8 When these lepers came to the outskirts of the camp, they entered one tent and ate and drank, and 5carried from there silver and gold and clothes, and went and hid them; and they returned and entered another tent and carried from there also, and went and hid them.
9 Then they said to one another, "We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, but we are keeping silent; if we wait until morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household."
10 So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and they told them, saying, "We came to the camp of the Arameans, and behold, there was no one there, nor the voice of man, only * the horses tied and the donkeys tied, and the tents just as they were."
11 The gatekeepers called and told it within the king's household.
12 Then the king arose in the night and said to his servants, "I will now tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know that 6we are hungry; therefore they have gone from the camp 7to hide themselves in the field, saying, 'When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and get into the city.' "
13 One of his servants said, "Please, let some men take five of the horses which remain, which are left in the city. Behold, they will be in any case like all the multitude of Israel who are left in it; behold, they will be in any case like all the multitude of Israel who have already perished, so let us send and see."
14 They took therefore two chariots with horses, and the king sent after the army of the Arameans, saying, "Go and see."

The Promise Fulfilled

15 They went after them to the Jordan, and behold, all the way was full of clothes and equipment which the Arameans had thrown away in their haste. Then the messengers returned and told the king.

Cross References 7

  • 1. 2 Samuel 5:24
  • 2. 1 Kings 10:29
  • 3. 2 Chronicles 12:2, 3; Isaiah 31:1; Isaiah 36:9
  • 4. Psalms 48:4-6; Proverbs 28:1
  • 5. Joshua 7:21
  • 6. 2 Kings 6:25-29
  • 7. Joshua 8:4-12

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