2 Kings 7:13

And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
one	אֶחָ֨ד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
servants	מֵעֲבָדָ֜יו me.'a.va.Dav	H5650	a servant · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
answered	וַיַּעַן֩ vai.ya.'An	H6030	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
said	וַיֹּ֗אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
take	וְיִקְחוּ ve.yik.chu-	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal, 3rd person masculine plural
five	חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה cha.mi.Shah	H2568	five · noun, common both genders singular absolute

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Cross-references

2 Kings 5:13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have…
2 Kings 6:33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wa…
2 Kings 7:4 If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now t…
Jeremiah 14:18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine…
Lamentations 4:9 They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the frui…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 7:12–end

Here we have, I. The king's jealousy of a stratagem in the Syrian's retreat, Kg2 7:12. He feared that they had withdrawn into an ambush, to draw out the besieged, that they might fall on them with more advantage. he knew he had no reason to expect that God should appear thus wonderfully for him, having forfeited his favour by his unbelief and impatience. He knew no reason the Syrians had to fly, for it does not appear that he or any of this attendants heard the noise of the chariots which the Syrians were frightened at. Let not those who, like him, are unstable in all their ways, think to receive any thing from God; nay, a guilty conscience fears the worst and makes men suspicious. II. The c…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 7:12

the king . . . said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done--Similar stratagems have been so often resorted to in the ancient and modern wars of the East that there is no wonder Jehoram's suspicions were awakened. But the scouts, whom he despatched, soon found unmistakable signs of the panic that had struck the enemy and led to a most precipitate flight.

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 7:13

And one of his servants answered - This is a very difficult verse, and the great variety of explanations given of it cast but little light on the subject. I am inclined to believe, with Dr. Kennicott, that there is an interpolation here which puzzles, if not destroys, the sense. "Several instances," says he, "have been given of words improperly repeated by Jewish transcribers, who have been careless enough to make such mistakes, and yet cautious not to alter or erase, for fear of discovery. This verse furnishes another instance in a careless repetition of seven Hebrew words, thus: - הנשארים אשר נשארו בה הנם ככל ההמון ישראל אשר נשארו בה הנם ככל המון ישראל אשר תמי The exact English of this ve…

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John Gill on 2 Kings 7:13

Dictionary and topics

Elisha — God his salvation, the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah, who became the attendant and disciple of Elijah (1 Kings 19:16-19). His name first occurs in the command given to Elijah to anoint him as his…
Jehoram — Jehovah-exalted. (1.) Son of Toi, king of Hamath, sent by his father to congratulate David on the occasion of his victory over Hadadezer (2 Sam. 8:10). (2.) A Levite of the family of Gershom (1 Chr.…
Samaria — A watch-mountain or a watch-tower. In the heart of the mountains of Israel, a few miles north-west of Shechem, stands the “hill of Shomeron,” a solitary mountain, a great “mamelon.” It is an oblong…

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Kings 7:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 7:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 7:12

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 7:13

John Gill on 2 Kings 7:13

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 7:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 7:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 7:12

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 7:13

John Gill on 2 Kings 7:13

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 7:12-15

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 7:13-17

Rashi on 2 Kings 7:13