2 Kings 7:12

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And he rose up in the night, and he said to his servants: "I tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are suffering from famine, and therefore they have gone out from the camp, and they lie hidden in the fields, saying: 'When they will have gone out from the city, we will capture them alive, and then we will be able to enter the city.' "

Cross References

2 Kings 7:11

Therefore, the gatekeepers went and reported it in the palace of the king.

2 Kings 7:13

But one of his servants responded: "Let us take the five horses that remain in the city (for there were no more amid the entire multitude of Israel, since the rest had been consumed), and sending, we will be able to explore."

Joshua 8:4

And he instructed them, saying: "Set an ambush behind the city. You shall withdraw not far away, and let everyone be prepared.