Two chariot horses - Translate, “two horse-chariots.” They dispatched i. e. two war-chariots, with their proper complement of horses and men, to see whether the retreat was a reality or only a feint. The “horses” sent would be four or six, since chariots were drawn by either two or three horses.
Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 7:14
2 Kings 7:14
14 They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.