2 Kings 7:12

The king got up in the night and said to his servants, "Please let me tell you what [the] Arameans have done to us. [The] Arameans know that we [are] hungry, so they went out from the camp to hide in the field, saying, 'When they go out from the city, we shall seize them alive and go into the city.'"

Joshua 8:4

And he commanded them, saying, "Look, you are to lay an ambush against the city from behind. Do not go very far from the city and be ready.

2 Kings 6:25-29

There was a great famine in Samaria, and behold, a siege [was] against it, until the head of a donkey [went] for eighty shekels of silver, and one fourth of the measure of the dung of doves [went] for five shekels of silver.

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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

The king of Aram was fighting with Israel, so he consulted with his officers, saying, "My camp is {at such and such a place}."

So Abimelech rose early in the morning. And he called all his servants and {told them all these things}, and the men were very afraid.

Then Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find a man like this in whom is the spirit of God?"

Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, "Please know and realize that this [man is] seeking trouble, for he sent to me for my women, my sons, my silver, and my gold, and I did not withhold [anything] from him."

I will now

Elisha said, "Hear the word of Yahweh: 'Thus says Yahweh, "At this time tomorrow a seah of wheat bread flour [will sell] for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel in the gate of Samaria.'"

It happened that when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, "Am I God to cause death or to give life? This man [is] sending a man to me to cure his disease. Indeed! But know and see that he seeks an opportunity against me."

They know that we be hungry

Hide themselves

And he commanded them, saying, "Look, you are to lay an ambush against the city from behind. Do not go very far from the city and be ready.

So Israel stationed an ambush all around Gibeah.