12 Then the King arose in the night, and said unto his servants, [a]I will show you now, what the Aramites have done unto us. They know that we are famished, therefore they are gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

13 And one of his servants answered, and said, Let me take now five of the horses that remain, and are left in the city, (behold, they are even as all the [b]multitude of Israel that are left therein: behold, I say, they are as the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed) and we will send to see.

14 So they took [c]two chariots of horses, and the king sent after the host of the Aramites, saying, Go and see.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 7:12 He mistrusted the Prophet’s words, and therefore could believe nothing, as they which are more politic than godly ever cast more perils than needeth.
  2. 2 Kings 7:13 There are no more left, but they, or the rest are consumed with the famine, as the rest of the people.
  3. 2 Kings 7:14 Or, two horses of the chariot, which were accustomed to draw in the chariot.

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