2 Kings 7:12

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he arose in the night and said to his servants: I tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we suffer great famine, and therefore they are gone out of the camp, and lie hid in the fields, saying: When they come out of the city we shall take them alive, and then we may get into the city.

Cross References

Joshua 8:4

And commanded them, saying: Lay an ambush behind the city: and go not very far from it: and be ye all ready.

2 Kings 7:11

Then the guards of the gate went, and told it within the king's palace.

2 Kings 7:13

And one of his servants answered: Let us take the five horses that are remaining in the city (because there are no more in the whole multitude of Israel, for the rest are consumed), and let us send and see.