2 Kings 7:9

Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ vai.yo.me.Ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
one	אִ֨ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
another	רֵעֵ֜הוּ re.'E.hu	H7453	an associate (more or less close) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
do	עֹשִׂ֗ים 'o.Sim	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
day	הַיּ֤וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
day	יוֹם yom-	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine singular construct
tidings	בְּשֹׂרָ֣ה be.so.Rah	H1309	glad tidings · noun, common feminine singular absolute
peace	מַחְשִׁ֗ים mach.Shim	H2814	to hush or keep quiet · verb, hiphil active participle, masculine plural absolute
tarry	וְחִכִּ֛ינוּ ve.chi.Ki.nu	H2442	properly · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 1st person common plural
morning	הַבֹּ֖קֶר ha.Bo.ker	H1242	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
light	א֥וֹר 'or	H216	illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense · verb, qal infinitive construct
mischief	עָו֑וֹן a.Von	H5771	perversity · noun, common masculine singular absolute
come	וּמְצָאָ֣נוּ u.me.tza.'A.nu	H4672	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
come	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
go	וְנָבֹ֔אָה ve.na.Vo.'ah	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal infinitive construct, 1st person common plural
tell	וְנַגִּ֖ידָה ve.na.Gi.dah	H5046	properly · conjunction + verb, hiphil infinitive construct, 1st person common plural
king’s	הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
household	בֵּ֥ית beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good,…
Philippians 2:4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Numbers 32:23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
2 Kings 7:3 And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
2 Kings 7:6 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 s…
Isaiah 41:27 The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
Nahum 1:15 Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vo…
Haggai 1:4-5 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 7:3-11

We are here told, I. How the siege of Samaria was raised in the evening, at the edge of night (Kg2 7:6, Kg2 7:7), not by might or power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts, striking terror upon the spirits of the besiegers. Here was not a sword drawn against them, not a drop of blood shed, it was not by thunder or hailstones that they were discomfited, nor were they slain, as Sennacherib's army before Jerusalem, by a destroying angel; but, 1. The Lord made them to hear a noise of chariots and horses. The Syrians that besieged Dothan had their sight imposed upon, Kg2 6:18. These had their hearing imposed upon. For God knows how to work upon every sense, pursuant to his own counsels as he…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 7:8

these lepers . . . did eat and drink--After they had appeased their hunger and secreted as many valuables as they could carry, their consciences smote them for concealing the discovery and they hastened to publish it in the city.

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 7:6

The Lord had made the - Syrians to hear a noise - This threw them into confusion; they imagined that they were about to be attacked by powerful auxiliaries, which the king of Israel had hired against them.

John Gill on 2 Kings 7:9

Then they said one to another, we do not well,.... This is not right, to take this booty to ourselves; it is not doing justice to our brethren, and it may not prove well to ourselves in the issue: this day is a day of good tidings; to be delivered from the enemy, and have such plenty of provisions thrown into their hands; it would be joyful tidings to the inhabitants of the city, did they know it: and we hold our peace; and do not publish this good tidings, that others may share the benefit of it: if we tarry till the morning light; when it will in course be discovered: some mischief will come upon us; either from the Syrians, who they might fear would return by that time, or some of the…

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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…
Day · A time of festivity called a: Day of good tidings — A time of festivity called a: Day of good tidings
Patriotism · .The lepers of Samaria — .The lepers of Samaria

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 7:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 7:3-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 7:8

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 7:6

John Gill on 2 Kings 7:9

Dictionary and topics

2 Kings 7:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 7:3-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 7:8

Adam Clarke on 2 Kings 7:6

John Gill on 2 Kings 7:9

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Kings 7:8-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Kings 7:8-9

Rashi on 2 Kings 7:9