2 KINGS 7:6

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“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 said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.”

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2 Kings 7:6 Translation & Meaning

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For the Lord וַֽאדֹנָ֞י The Lord (used as a proper name of God only) Lord
had made אֶת Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) made
the host מַֽחֲנֵ֣ה 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 אֲרָ֗ם Aram or Syria, and its inhabitants; also the name of the son of Shem, a grandson of Nahor, and of an Israelite Syrians
to hear הִשְׁמִ֣יעַ׀ To hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) hear
a noise ק֥וֹל A voice or sound noise
of chariots, רֶ֙כֶב֙ A vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e., the upper millstone chariots
and a noise ק֣וֹל A voice or sound noise
of horses, ס֔וּס A swallow (from its rapid flight) horses
even (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
the noise ק֖וֹל A voice or sound noise
of a great גָּד֑וֹל Great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent great
host: חַ֣יִל Probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength host
and they said וַיֹּֽאמְר֞וּ To say (used with great latitude) said
one אִ֣ישׁ A man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) one
to אֶל Near, with or among; often in general, to to
another, אָחִ֗יו A brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like H0001]) another
Lo, הִנֵּ֣ה Lo! Lo
the king מֶ֨לֶךְ A king king
of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל He will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity Israel
hath hired שָֽׂכַר To hire hired
against עָלֵינוּ֩ Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications against
us אֶת Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) us
the kings מַלְכֵ֧י A king kings
of the Hittites, הַֽחִתִּ֛ים A Chittite, or descendant of Cheth Hittites
and the kings מַלְכֵ֥י A king kings
of the Egyptians, מִצְרַ֖יִם Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt Egyptians
to come לָב֥וֹא To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) come
upon עָלֵֽינוּ׃ Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications upon
us. עָלֵֽינוּ׃ Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications us

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  • 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 Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.

  • 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 said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

  • 7  Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

  • 8  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.




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