2 Kings 7:7

7 Therefore they 1arose 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.

2 Kings 7:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 7:7

Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight
Or in the dark, as the Targum; when the twilight was going off; so that the lepers came very quickly after they were gone, ( 2 Kings 7:5 )

and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses;
such was their fright, that they could not stay to loose their cattle, with which they might have made greater speed, but ran away on foot: and they left

even the camp as it was;
took nothing away with them, either money or provisions:

and fled for their life;
which they imagined to be in great danger.

2 Kings 7:7 In-Context

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 the 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 the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us."
7 Therefore they arose 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 carried 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."

Cross References 1

  • 1. Psalms 48:4-6; Proverbs 28:1
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