For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, a noise of a great host; and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

And the host of the Chaldeans followed after him, and took him in the desert of Jericho, all his army being scattered away from him.