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2 Kings 7:14-16

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7:14 So they picked two horsemen and the king sent them out to track the Syrian army. 1  He ordered them, “Go and find out what’s going on.” 2  7:15 So they tracked them 3  as far as the Jordan. The road was filled with clothes and equipment that the Syrians had discarded in their haste. 4  The scouts 5  went back and told the king. 7:16 Then the people went out and looted the Syrian camp. A seah 6  of finely milled flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, just as the Lord had said they would. 7 

1 tn Heb “and the king sent [them] after the Syrian camp.”

2 tn Heb “Go and see.”

3 tn Heb “went after.”

4 tn Heb “and look, all the road was full of clothes and equipment that Syria had thrown away in their haste.”

5 tn Or “messengers.”

6 sn A seah was a dry measure equivalent to about 7 quarts.

7 tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord.”



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