2 Kings 7 · Verse 6

2 Kings 7:6

For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
2 Kings 7:6, King James Version

2 Kings 7:6 in other translations

BSBFor the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
WEBFor the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear the sound of chariots and the sound of horses, even the noise of a great army; and they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us.”
ASVFor the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
YLTseeing 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.'
DARBYFor 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.
BBEFor the Lord had made the sound of carriages and horses, and the noise of a great army, come to the ears of the Aramaeans, so that they said to one another, Truly, the king of Israel has got the kings of the Hittites and of the Egyptians for a price to make an attack on us.
WebsterFor the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great army: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

What does 2 Kings 7:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 7:6-7
6-7. the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots--This illusion of the sense of hearing, whereby the besiegers imagined the tramp of two armies from opposite quarters, was a great miracle which God wrought directly for the deliverance of His people.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 The Lord had made the - Syrians to hear a noise - This threw them into confusion; they imagined that they were about to be attacked by powerful auxiliaries, which the king of Israel had hired against them.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 7:3-11

God can, when he pleases, make the stoutest heart to tremble; and as for those who will not fear God, he can make them fear at the shaking of a leaf. Providence ordered it, that the lepers came as soon as the Syrians were fled. Their consciences told them that mischief would befall them, if they took care of themselves only. Natural humanity, and fear of punishment, are powerful checks on the selfishness of the…

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2 Kings 7:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַאדֹנָ֞יva.do.Naiand [the] LordH136
הִשְׁמִ֣יעַ\׀hish.Mi.a'he had caused to hearH8085
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מַחֲנֵ֣הma.cha.Neh[the] camp ofH4264
אֲרָ֗ם'a.RamAramH758
ק֥וֹלKola sound ofH6963
רֶ֙כֶב֙re.khevchariotryH7393
ק֣וֹלKola sound ofH6963
ס֔וּסSushorse[s]H5483
ק֖וֹלKola sound ofH6963
חַ֣יִלCha.yilan armyH2428
גָּד֑וֹלga.DollargeH1419
וַיֹּאמְר֞וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559
אִ֣ישׁ'isheachH376
אֶל\־'el-toH413
אָחִ֗יו'a.Chivbrother hisH251
הִנֵּ֣הhi.Nehhere!H2009
שָֽׂכַר\־sa.khar-he has hiredH7936
עָלֵינוּ֩'a.lei.Nuon usH5921
מֶ֨לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
יִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מַלְכֵ֧יmal.Khei[the] kings ofH4428
הַחִתִּ֛יםha.chi.Timthe HittitesH2850
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
מַלְכֵ֥יmal.Khei[the] kings ofH4428
מִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
לָב֥וֹאla.Vo'to comeH935
עָלֵֽינוּ\׃'a.Lei.nuon usH5921

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Kings 7:6

  • 2 Samuel 5:24

    And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.

  • Isaiah 31:1

    Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!

  • 1 Kings 10:29

    And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

  • Revelation 9:9

    And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

  • 2 Chronicles 12:2-3

    And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lord, With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.

  • Revelation 6:15-16

    And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

  • Psalms 14:5

    There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

  • Job 15:21

    A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

  • 2 Kings 3:22-27

    And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood: And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country. And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kir–haraseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it. …

  • Ezekiel 10:5

    And the sound of the cherubims’ wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.

  • Isaiah 36:9

    How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

  • Jeremiah 20:3-4

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor–missabib. For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the Lord.
3:22,23-27; 19:7; 2Sa 5:24; Job 15:21; Ps 14:5; Jer 20:3,4
Eze 10:5; Re 6:15,16; 9:9
the kings of the Hittites.
1Ki 10:29
the kings of the Egyptians.
2Ch 12:2,3; Isa 31:1; 36:9

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Context

  • 2 Kings 7:5

    And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there.

  • 2 Kings 7:6

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

  • 2 Kings 7:7

    Wherefore 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.

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2 Kings 7:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque el Señor había hecho que en el campo de los Siros se oyese estruendo de carros, ruido de caballos, y estrépito de grande ejército; y dijéronse los unos á los otros: He aquí el rey de Israel ha pagado contra nosotros á los reyes de los Hetheos, y á los reyes de los Egipcios, para que vengan contra nosotros.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car le Seigneur avait fait entendre dans le camp des Syriens un bruit de chars et un bruit de chevaux, le bruit d’une grande armée; et ils se dirent l’un à l’autre: Voici, le roi d’Israël a pris à sa solde contre nous les rois des Héthiens et les rois des Égyptiens, pour venir sur nous.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn der Herr hatte das Heerlager der Syrer ein Getöse von Wagen und ein Getöse von Rossen hören lassen, das Getöse einer großen Heeresmacht; und sie sprachen einer zum anderen: Siehe, der König von Israel hat die Könige der Hethiter und die Könige von Ägypten wider uns gedungen, daß sie über uns kommen sollen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Siquidem Dominus sonitum audiri fecerat in castris Syriæ, curruum, et equorum, et exercitus plurimi: dixeruntque ad invicem: Ecce mercede conduxit adversum nos rex Israël reges Hethæorum et Ægyptiorum, et venerunt super nos.