7:12 The king got up in the night and said to his advisers, 10 “I will tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know we are starving, so they left the camp and hid in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and enter the city.’”
1 sn The identity of this unnamed “deliverer” is debated. For options see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 143.
2 tn Heb “and they went from under the hand of Syria.”
3 tn Heb “and the sons of Israel lived in their tents as before.”
1 tn Heb “the sons of the prophets.”
2 tn Heb “from your head.” The same expression occurs in v. 5.
1 tn The words “my chariot” are added for clarification.
2 tn Heb “and he hitched up his chariot.”
3 tn Heb “each in his chariot and they went out.”
4 tn Heb “they found him.”
1 tn Heb “servants” (also in v. 13).