2 Kings 7:14 “Then the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them…”

2 Kings 7:14

Then the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

World English Bible

Therefore they took two chariots with horses; and the king sent them out to the Syrian army, saying, “Go and see.”

American Standard Version

They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

Geneva Bible 1599

So they tooke two charets of horses, and the King sent after the hoste of the Aramites, saying, Goe and see.

Darby Translation

And they took two chariots with their horses; and the king sent after the army of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

Young's Literal Translation

And they take two chariot-horses, and the king sendeth after the camp of Aram, saying, 'Go, and see.'

Bible in Basic English

So they took two horsemen; and the king sent them after the army of the Aramaeans, saying, Go and see.

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In context

13But one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are doomed. So let us send them and find out.”

15And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.

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