2 Kings 7:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

And one of his servants answered and said, Let [some] take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they [are] as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, [I say], they [are] even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.

Ver. 13. Five of the horses.] These five were either all or the most that remained alive, and haply uneaten.

Behold, they are all,] q.d., We need not scruple the doing of it; for, alas! all, both horses and men, are in a perishing condition.

2 Kings 7:13

13 And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are leftb in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see.