2 Kings 7:10

7:10 So they went and called out to the gatekeepers ¹  of the city. They told them, “We entered the Syrian camp and there was no one there. We didn’t even hear a man’s voice. ²  But the horses and donkeys are still tied up, and the tents remain up.” ³ 

2 Kings 9:21

9:21 Jehoram ordered, “Hitch up my chariot.” ⁴  When his chariot had been hitched up, ⁵  King Jehoram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah went out in their respective chariots ⁶  to meet Jehu. They met up with him ⁷  in the plot of land that had once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel.

[7:10]  ¹ tn The MT has a singular form (“gatekeeper”), but the context suggests a plural. The pronoun that follows (“them”) is plural and a plural noun appears in v. 11. The Syriac Peshitta and the Targum have the plural here.

[7:10]  ² tn Heb “and, look, there was no man or voice of a man there.”

[7:10]  ³ tn Heb “but the horses are tied up and the donkeys are tied up and the tents are as they were.”

[9:21]  ⁴ tn The words “my chariot” are added for clarification.

[9:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he hitched up his chariot.”

[9:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “each in his chariot and they went out.”

[9:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “they found him.”