2 Kings 7:10

Easy To Read Version

So these lepers [82] came and called to the gatekeepers of the city. The lepers told the gatekeepers, “We went to the Aramean camp. But we did not hear any people. No people were there. The horses and donkeys were still tied up, and the tents were still standing. {But the people were all gone!}”

Cross References

2 Samuel 18:26

The watchman saw another man running. The watchman called to the gatekeeper, “Look! Another man is running alone.”

2 Kings 7:11

Then the gatekeepers of the city shouted out and told the people in the king’s house.

2 Kings 7:9

Then these lepers said to each other, “We are doing wrong! Today we have good news. But we are silent. If we wait until the sun comes up, we will be punished. Now let’s go and tell the people who live in the king’s house.”

1 Chronicles 15:18

There was also a second group of Levites. {\cf2\super [163]} They were Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed Edom, and Jeiel. These men were the Levite guards.

1 Chronicles 16:38

David also left Obed Edom and 68 other Levites to serve with Asaph and his brothers. Obed Edom and Hosah were guards. Obed Edom was Jeduthun’s son.\par

2 Chronicles 23:19

Jehoiada put guards at the gates of the Lord’s temple so that a person who was not clean in anything could not enter the temple.

Psalm 127:1

If it is not the Lord that builds a house,\par the builder is wasting his time.\par If it is not the Lord that watches over a city,\par the guards are wasting their time.\par