2 Kings 7:20
And such was his fate; for he was crushed to death under the feet of the people, in the doorway into the town.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.
In Context
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:20And early in the morning they got up and went out to the waste land of Tekoa: and when they were going out, Jehoshaphat took his station and said to them, Give ear to me, O Judah and you people of Jerusalem: have faith in the Lord your God and you will be safe; have faith in his prophets and all will go well for you.
Isaiah 7:9And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If you will not have faith, your kingdom will be broken.
Jeremiah 17:5This is what the Lord has said: Cursed is the man who puts his faith in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart is turned away from the Lord.
Hebrews 3:18And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders?
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 7:13-20
Samaria Plentifully Supplied. ( b. c. 891.) 12 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they 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 some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the… Read the whole commentary →