2 Kings 7:12

So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the open country, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and go into the city.’”

Joshua 8:4

He commanded them: “Pay attention. Lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it, and all of you be ready.

2 Kings 6:25-29

So there was a great famine in Samaria, and they continued the siege against it until a donkey’s head sold for 80 silver shekels, and a cup of dove’s dung sold for five silver shekels.

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Summary

2 Kings 7:12

And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

Unto his servants

I will now

2 Kings 7:1

2 Kings 5:7

They know that we be hungry

2 Kings 6:25

Hide themselves

Joshua 8:4

Judges 20:29

Bible References

Unto his servants

When the king of Aram was waging war against Israel, he conferred with his servants, “My camp will be at such and such a place.”

Early in the morning Abimelech got up, called all his servants together, and personally told them all these things, and the men were terrified.

Then Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find anyone like this, a man who has God’s spirit in him?”

Then the king of Israel called for all the elders of the land and said, “Think it over and you will see that this one is only looking for trouble, for he demanded my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I didn’t turn him down.”

I will now

Elisha replied, “Hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, six quarts of fine meal will sell for a shekel and 12 quarts of barley will sell for a shekel.’”

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life that this man expects me to cure a man of his skin disease? Think it over and you will see that he is only picking a fight with me.”

They know that we be hungry

So there was a great famine in Samaria, and they continued the siege against it until a donkey’s head sold for 80 silver shekels, and a cup of dove’s dung sold for five silver shekels.

Hide themselves

He commanded them: “Pay attention. Lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it, and all of you be ready.

So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.