2 Kings 7:8

וַיָּבֹאוּ הַֽמְצֹרָעִים הָאֵלֶּה עַד ־ קְצֵה הַֽמַּחֲנֶה וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל ־ אֹהֶל אֶחָד וַיֹּאכְלוּ וַיִּשְׁתּוּ וַיִּשְׂאוּ מִשָּׁם כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב וּבְגָדִים וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיַּטְמִנוּ וַיָּשֻׁבוּ וַיָּבֹאוּ אֶל ־ אֹהֶל אַחֵר וַיִּשְׂאוּ מִשָּׁם וַיֵּלְכוּ וַיַּטְמִֽנוּ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.

In Context

7וַיָּקוּמוּ וַיָּנוּסוּ בַנֶּשֶׁף וַיַּעַזְבוּ אֶת ־ אָהֳלֵיהֶם וְאֶת ־ סֽוּסֵיהֶם וְאֶת ־ חֲמֹרֵיהֶם הַֽמַּחֲנֶה כַּאֲשֶׁר ־ הִיא וַיָּנֻסוּ אֶל ־ נַפְשָֽׁם ׃

9וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל ־ רֵעֵהוּ לֹֽא ־ כֵן ׀ אֲנַחְנוּ עֹשִׂים הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה יוֹם ־ בְּשֹׂרָה הוּא וַאֲנַחְנוּ מַחְשִׁים וְחִכִּינוּ עַד ־ אוֹר הַבֹּקֶר וּמְצָאָנוּ עָווֹן וְעַתָּה לְכוּ וְנָבֹאָה וְנַגִּידָה בֵּית הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃

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Cross References

2 Kings 5:24וַיָּבֹא אֶל ־ הָעֹפֶל וַיִּקַּח מִיָּדָם וַיִּפְקֹד בַּבָּיִת וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶת ־ הָאֲנָשִׁים וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ ׃

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 7:4-12

The Siege of Samaria Raised. ( b. c. 891.) 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? 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 therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. 5 And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the… Read the whole commentary →

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