2 Kings 7:5

5 And they rose up at the beginning of the night, to go unto the camp of the Syrians; and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.

2 Kings 7:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 7:5

And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the
Syrians
, The dusk of the evening, or the evening twilight, as appears from ( 2 Kings 7:9 2 Kings 7:12 ) ,

and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria;
not the further part of it, but the edge or border of it nearest to them:

behold, there was no man there;
no sentinel or guard, which they expected, and to whom they would have surrendered themselves.

2 Kings 7:5 In-Context

3 And there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate, who said one to another, Why shall we stay here until we die?

4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we stay here, we shall die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians; if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

5 And they rose up at the beginning of the night, to go unto the camp of the Syrians; and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.

6 For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host; and they said one to 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 had arisen and fled at the beginning of the night and had left their tents and their horses and their asses, even the camp as it was, and had fled for their lives.