And they pitched one over against the other seven
days
Very probably the Israelites pitched upon an hill, and the
Syrians waited till they changed their position, not caring to
fall upon them, though so very supernumerary to them, for the
reason before given:
and so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was
joined;
or they that made war drew nigh, as the Targum, and both sides
engaged in battle:
and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians 100,000
footmen in one
day;
which was a prodigious slaughter to be made by so small an army;
the hand of the Lord was visible in it.