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2 Kings 7:7-16

7 So they got up and fled in the dusk and abandoned their tents and their horses and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives.

8 The men who had leprosy reached the edge of the camp and entered one of the tents. They ate and drank, and carried away silver, gold and clothes, and went off and hid them. They returned and entered another tent and took some things from it and hid them also.

9 Then they said to each other, “We’re not doing right. This is a day of good news and we are keeping it to ourselves. If we wait until daylight, punishment will overtake us. Let’s go at once and report this to the royal palace.”

10 So they went and called out to the city gatekeepers and told them, “We went into the Aramean camp and not a man was there—not a sound of anyone—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents left just as they were.”

11 The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported within the palace.

12 The king got up in the night and said to his officers, “I will tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving; so they have left the camp to hide in the countryside, thinking, ‘They will surely come out, and then we will take them alive and get into the city.’”

13 One of his officers answered, “Have some men take five of the horses that are left in the city. Their plight will be like that of all the Israelites left here—yes, they will only be like all these Israelites who are doomed. So let us send them to find out what happened.”

14 So they selected two chariots with their horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army. He commanded the drivers, “Go and find out what has happened.”

15 They followed them as far as the Jordan, and they found the whole road strewn with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown away in their headlong flight. So the messengers returned and reported to the king.

16 Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. So a seah of flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, as the Lord had said.

Cross References for 2 Kings 7:7-16

Proverbs 28:1 - The wicked man flees though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. Click to read the verse Proverbs 28:1 Click to read the verse Proverbs 28:1

Hebrews 6:18 - God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we w... Click to read the verse Hebrews 6:18 Click to read the verse Hebrews 6:18

Proverbs 21:1 - The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases. Click to read the verse Proverbs 21:1 Click to read the verse Proverbs 21:1

Psalms 68:12 - “Kings and armies flee in haste; in the camps men divide the plunder. Click to read the verse Psalms 68:12 Click to read the verse Psalms 68:12

Matthew 24:16-18 - then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Click to read the verse Matthew 24:16-18 Click to read the verse Matthew 24:16-18

Isaiah 2:20 - In that day men will throw away to the rodents and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold... Click to read the verse Isaiah 2:20 Click to read the verse Isaiah 2:20

Proverbs 6:5 - Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fo... Click to read the verse Proverbs 6:5 Click to read the verse Proverbs 6:5

Job 18:11 - Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step. Click to read the verse Job 18:11 Click to read the verse Job 18:11

Numbers 35:11-12 - select some towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone acciden... Click to read the verse Numbers 35:11-12 Click to read the verse Numbers 35:11-12

Psalms 48:4-6 - When the kings joined forces, when they advanced together, Click to read the verse Psalms 48:4-6 Click to read the verse Psalms 48:4-6

Amos 2:14-16 - The swift will not escape, the strong will not muster their strength, and the warrior will not ... Click to read the verse Amos 2:14-16 Click to read the verse Amos 2:14-16

Psalms 20:7-8 - Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. Click to read the verse Psalms 20:7-8 Click to read the verse Psalms 20:7-8

Psalms 33:17 - A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save. Click to read the verse Psalms 33:17 Click to read the verse Psalms 33:17

Jeremiah 48:8-9 - The destroyer will come against every town, and not a town will escape. The valley will be ruin... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 48:8-9 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 48:8-9