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7:8 When the men <0428> with a skin disease <06879> reached <0935> the edge <07097> of the camp <04264>, they entered <0935> a <0259> tent <0168> and had a meal <08354> <0398>. They also took <05375> some silver <03701>, gold <02091>, and clothes <0899> and went <01980> and hid <02934> it all. Then they went back <07725> and entered <0935> another <0312> tent <0168>. They looted <05375> it and went <01980> and hid <02934> what they had taken. 7:9 Then they said <0559> to <0413> one <0376> another <07453>, “It’s not <03808> right <03651> what we’re <0587> doing <06213>! This <02088> is a day <03117> to celebrate <01309>, but we <0587> haven’t told <02814> anyone. If we wait <02442> until <05704> dawn <01242> <0216>, we’ll be punished <05771>. So <06258> come on <01980>, let’s go <0935> and inform <05046> the royal <04428> palace <01004>.” 7:10 So they went <0935> and called <07121> out to <0413> the gatekeepers <07778> of the city <05892>. They told <05046> them <01992>, “We entered <0935> the Syrian <0758> camp <04264> and there <02009> was no <0369> one <0376> there <08033>. We didn’t even hear a man’s <0120> voice <06963>. But <0518> the horses <05483> and donkeys <02543> are still tied up <0631>, and the tents <0168> remain up.” 7:11 The gatekeepers <07778> relayed <05046> the news to the royal <04428> palace <01004>. 7:12 The king <04428> got up <06965> in the night <03915> and said <0559> to <0413> his advisers <05650>, “I will tell <05046> you what <0834> the Syrians <0758> have done <06213> to us. They know <03045> we <0587> are starving <07457>, so <03588> they left <03318> the camp <04264> and hid <02247> in the field <07704>, thinking <0559>, ‘When <03588> they come out <03318> of <04480> the city <05892>, we will capture <08610> them alive <02416> and enter <0935> the city <05892>.’” 7:13 One <0259> of his advisers <05650> replied <06030>, “Pick some men and have them take <03947> five <02568> of <04480> the horses <05483> that <0834> are left <07604> in the city. (Even if they are killed <07604>, their fate will be no different than that <0834> of all <03605> the Israelite people– we’re all <03605> going to die <08552>!) Let’s send <07971> them out <07971> so we can know <07200> for sure what’s going on.” 7:14 So they picked <03947> two <08147> horsemen <05483> <07393> and the king <04428> sent <07971> them out <07971> to track <0310> the Syrian <0758> army <04264>. He ordered <0559> them, “Go <01980> and find out <07200> what’s going on.” 7:15 So they tracked <01980> them as far as <05704> the Jordan <03383>. The road <01870> was filled <04392> with clothes <0899> and equipment <03627> that <0834> the Syrians <0758> had discarded <07993> in their haste <02648>. The scouts <04397> went back <07725> and told <05046> the king <04428>. 7:16 Then the people <05971> went out <03318> and looted <0962> the Syrian <0758> camp <04264>. A seah <05429> of finely milled flour <05560> sold for a shekel <08255>, and two seahs <05429> of barley <08184> for a shekel <08255>, just as the Lord <03068> had said <01697> they would. 7:17 Now the king <04428> had placed <06485> the officer <07991> who <0834> was his right-hand <03027> <05921> <08172> man at the city gate <08179>. When the people <05971> rushed out, they trampled <07429> him to death <04191> in the gate <08179>. This <0834> fulfilled the <01696> prophet’s <0430> <0376> word <01696> which <0834> he had spoken <01696> when the king <04428> tried to arrest <03381> him. 7:18 The prophet <0430> <0376> told <01696> the king <04428>, “Two seahs <05429> of barley <08184> will sell for a shekel <08255>, and a seah <05429> of finely milled flour <05560> for a shekel <08255>; this will happen <01961> about this time <06256> tomorrow <04279> in the gate <08179> of Samaria <08111>.” 7:19 But the officer <07991> replied <06030> to the prophet <0430> <0376>, “Look <02009>, even if the Lord <03068> made <06213> it rain by opening holes <0699> in the sky <08064>, could this <02088> happen <01961> so soon?” Elisha said <0559>, “Look <02005>, you will see <07200> it happen with your own eyes <05869>, but you will not <03808> eat <0398> any of the food!” 7:20 This is exactly what <03651> happened <01961> to him. The people <05971> trampled <07429> him to death <04191> in the city gate <08179>.

• 2Ki 6:24--7:20 -- The Lord Saves Samaria

• Samaria

  [ebd] a watch-mountain or a watch-tower. In the heart of the mountains of Israel, a few miles north-west of Shechem, stands the "hill of Shomeron," a solitary mountain, a great "mamelon." It is an oblong hill, with steep but not i...
  [nave] SAMARIA 1. City of, built by Omri, 1 Kin. 16:24. Capital of the kingdom of the ten tribes, 1 Kin. 16:29; 22:51; 2 Kin. 13:1, 10; 15:8. Besieged by Ben-hadad, 1 Kin. 20; 2 Kin. 6:24-33; 7. The king of Syria is led into, by...
  

• Ben-hadad

  [nave] BEN-HADAD 1. King of Syria, 1 Kin. 15:18-20; 2 Chr. 16:2-4. 2. A king of Syria, who reigned in the time of Ahab, son of Ben-hadad I, 1 Kin. 20; 2 Kin. 5; 6; 7; 8:7-15. 3. Son of Hazael and king of Syria, 2 Kin. 13:3, 24, 2...
  

• Armies

  [nave] ARMIES Who of the Israelites were subject to service in, Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5; who were exempt from service in, Num. 1:47-50; 2:33; Deut. 20:5-9; Judg. 7:3. Enumeration of Israel's military forces, Num. 1:2, 3; 26...
  

• ELISHA

  [smith] (God his salvation), son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah; the attendant and disciple of Elijan, and subsequently his successor as prophet of the kingdom of Israel. The earliest mention of his name is in the command to Elijah in th...
  

• JEHOAHAZ

  [isbe] JEHOAHAZ - je-ho'-a-haz, je-ho-a'-haz (yeho'achaz, "Yah has grasped"; Ioachas; 2 Ki 13:1-9): (1) Son of Jehu, and 11th king of Israel. He is stated to have reigned 17 years. 1. Chronology of Reign: Josephus was already aware...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Joram

  [nave] JORAM 1. A son of Toi, 2 Sam. 8:9, 10. Called Hadoram, 1 Chr. 18:10. 2. Called also Jehoram. King of Israel, 2 Kin. 1:17; 3:1. King of Syria sends Naaman to, that he may be healed of his leprosy, 2 Kin. 5:1-27. Has war w...
  

• Prophecy

  [nave] PROPHECY Concerning Jesus, See: Jesus. Concerning church, See: Church, Prophecies Concerning Prosperity of. Relating to various countries, nations, and cities, see under their respective titles. Respecting individuals, see...
  

• Jehoram

  [ebd] Jehovah-exalted. (1.) Son of Toi, king of Hamath, sent by his father to congratulate David on the occasion of his victory over Hadadezer (2 Sam. 8:10). (2.) A Levite of the family of Gershom (1 Chr. 26:25). (3.) A priest sen...
  

• Conscience

  [nave] CONSCIENCE. Job 15:21, 24; Job 27:6; Prov. 20:12; Matt. 6:22, 23; Luke 11:33 [Matt. 5:15, 16.] Luke 11:34 [Matt. 6:22.] Luke 11:35, 36; Acts 23:1; Acts 24:16; Rom. 2:14, 15; Rom. 7:15-23; Rom. 9:1; Rom. 14:1-23; 1 Cor. 8:7,...
  

• Prudence

  [nave] PRUDENCE. Job 34:3, 4; Psa. 39:1; Psa. 112:5; Prov. 6:1, 2; Prov. 8:12; Prov. 11:13, 15, 29; Prov. 12:8, 23; Prov. 13:16; Prov. 14:8, 15, 16, 18; Prov. 15:5, 22; Prov. 16:20, 21; Prov. 17:2, 18; Prov. 18:15, 16; Prov. 19:2;...
  

• Measure

  [nave] MEASURE The following modern equivalents of ancient measurements are based upon the latest researches, and are probably as nearly correct as is possible at this time: Dry 1. Bushel, about a peck, Matt. 5:15; Mark 4:21; Luk...
  

• MEASURE; MEASURES

  [isbe] MEASURE; MEASURES - mezh'-ur, Several different words in the Hebrew and Greek are rendered by "measure" in English Versions of the Bible. In Job 11:9 and Jer 13:25 it stands for madh, middah, and it is the usual rendering of...
  

• PORT; PORTER

  [isbe] PORT; PORTER - port, por'-ter: "Port" in the sense of "gate" (of a city or building) is obsolete in modern English, and even in the King James Version is found only in Neh 2:13. "Porter," as "gate-keeper," however, is still ...
  

• DOORKEEPER

  [isbe] DOORKEEPER - dor'-kep-er (sho`er): The gates of an oriental city and of the temple courts so closely resembled the door of a house that the same Hebrew word was used for doorkeeper and gatekeeper. It is often translated by t...
  

• CHARGE; CHARGEABLE

  [isbe] CHARGE; CHARGEABLE - charj, char'-ja-b'-l (from Latin carrus, "a wagon," hence, "to lay or put a load on or in," "to burden, or be a burden"): Figurative: (1) of a special duty mishmereth, "thing to be watched"), "the charge...
  

• ASTRONOMY, III

  [isbe] ASTRONOMY, III - III. Physiography. 1. The Circle of the Earth: It has generally been assumed that the Hebrews considered the earth to be a vast circular plain, arched over by a solid vault--"the firmament"--above which were...
  

• Patriotism

  [nave] PATRIOTISM. Deut. 26:1-11; Judg. 5:1-31; Psa. 51:18; Psa. 85:1-13; Psa. 122:6, 7; Psa. 128:5, 6; Psa. 137:1-6; Isa. 62:1; Jer. 8:11, 21, 22; Jer. 9:1, 2; Lam. 5:1-22 See: Country, Love of. Instances of Moses, Heb. 11:24-2...
  

• Market-place

  [ebd] any place of public resort, and hence a public place or broad street (Matt. 11:16; 20:3), as well as a forum or market-place proper, where goods were exposed for sale, and where public assemblies and trials were held (Acts 1...
  

• Porter

  [ebd] a gate-keeper (2 Sam. 18:26; 2 Kings 7:10; 1 Chr. 9:21; 2 Chr. 8:14). Of the Levites, 4,000 were appointed as porters by David (1 Chr. 23:5), who were arranged according to their families (26:1-19) to take charge of the door...
  

• The Arameans Flee from Samaria

  

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