KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “They took” | וַיִּקְח֕וּ | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | took |
| “therefore two” | שְׁנֵ֖י | Two; also (as ordinal) twofold | therefore two |
| “chariot” | רֶ֣כֶב | A vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e., the upper millstone | chariot |
| “horses;” | סוּסִ֑ים | A swallow (from its rapid flight) | horses |
| “and the king” | הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ | A king | king |
| “sent” | וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח | To send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) | sent |
| “after” | אַֽחֲרֵ֧י | Properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) | after |
| “the host” | מַֽחֲנֵה | An encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts) | host |
| “of the Syrians,” | אֲרָ֛ם | Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite | Syrians |
| “saying,” | לֵאמֹ֖ר | To say (used with great latitude) | saying |
| “Go” | לְכ֥וּ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | Go |
| “and see.” | וּרְאֽוּ׃ | To see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) | see |
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12 And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew 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 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.
14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
15 And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
16 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord.
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