2 Kings 7:12

New American Bible - revised edition

Though it was night, the king got up; he said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. Knowing that we are starving, they have left their camp to hide in the field. They are thinking, ‘The Israelites will leave the city and we will take them alive and enter it.’”

Cross References

2 Kings 7:11

The gatekeepers announced this and it was reported within the palace.

2 Kings 7:13

One of his servants, however, suggested: “Let some of us take five of the horses remaining in the city—they are just like the whole throng of Israel that has reached its limit—and let us send scouts to investigate.”

Joshua 8:4

with these orders: “See that you ambush the city from the rear. Do not be very far from the city. All of you must be ready.