7And they rise and flee in the twilight, and forsake their tents, and their horses, and their asses — the camp as it is — and flee for their life.


In Context

4 if we have said, We go in to the city, then the famine is in the city, and we have died there; and if we have sat here, then we have died; and now, come and we fall unto the camp of Aram; if they keep us alive, we live, and if they put us to death — we have died.'

5 And they rise in the twilight, to go in unto the camp of Aram, and they come in unto the extremity of the camp of Aram, and lo, there is not a man there,

6 seeing Jehovah hath caused the camp of Aram to hear a noise of chariot and a noise of horse — a noise of great force, and they say one unto another, 'Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Egypt, to come against us.'

7 And they rise and flee in the twilight, and forsake their tents, and their horses, and their asses — the camp as it is — and flee for their life.

8 And these lepers come in unto the extremity of the camp, and come in unto one tent, and eat, and drink, and lift up thence silver, and gold, and garments, and go and hide; and they turn back and go in unto another tent, and lift up thence, and go and hide.

9 And they say one unto another, 'We are not doing right this day; a day of tidings it is, and we are keeping silent; and — we have waited till the light of the morning, then hath punishment found us; and now, come and we go in and declare to the house of the king.'

2 Kings 7:7 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:7So 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.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:7Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it [was,] and fled for their life.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:7Wherefore they arose, and fled away in the dark, and left their tents, and their horses and asses in the camp, and fled, desiring to save their lives.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:7Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:7And they rose up and fled in the dusk, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:7Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:7Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:7Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:7Why they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.