2 Kings 7:6

Translations

Modern

For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”

Traditional

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.

Literal

For the Lord had caused the army of Aram to hear the noise of chariot and the noise of horse, the noise of a great force. And they said one to another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come against us.”

Latin

Siquidem Dominus sonitum audiri fecerat in castris Syriæ, curruum, et equorum, et exercitus plurimi: dixeruntque ad invicem: Ecce mercede conduxit adversum nos rex Israël reges Hethæorum et Ægyptiorum, et venerunt super nos.

Original

Hebrew

English

For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”

Notes

2 Kings 7:5–7

The Hittites lived just north of Aram and often fought with the Arameans.

Theme notes and profiles

Elijah Elisha

Events

Prophecies of Elisha

Related verses

2 Samuel 5:24
As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”
Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
1 Kings 10:29
A chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.
Revelation 9:9
They also had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
Isaiah 36:9
For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
Ezekiel 10:5
The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks.
Job 15:21
Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
Psalm 14:5
There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.
2 Kings 3:22–27
When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water, and it looked as red as blood to the Moabites across the way.
2 Chronicles 12:2–3
In the fifth year of Rehoboam’s reign, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem
Revelation 6:15–16
Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
Jeremiah 20:3–4
The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.

People

Heth: Son of Canaan and ancestor of the Hittites Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Places

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus Syria: Ancient region north of Israel, often in conflict

Glossary

Elisha Kings, Books of First and Second Malachi, Book of Samaria

Topics

Ancient Samaria: Samaria the Capital of Delivered by Miraculous Means Chariots: Noise Occasioned By, Referred To Hittites: Governed by Kings Hittites: Retain Their own Kings Miracles: Catalogue of The Panic of the Syrians Panic: from God Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: The End of the Famine in Samaria Syria: Army of, Miraculously Routed

2 Kings 7:6

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