2 Kings 7:14

Then the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”

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In The King James Version

They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

In Context

13But one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are doomed. So let us send them and find out.”

15And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.

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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 →

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