2 Kings 5:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. When he came to the tower - The Chaldee, Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic understand the word עפל ophel, which we translate tower, as signifying a secret, dark, or hiding place. He was doing a deed of darkness, and he sought darkness to conceal it. He no doubt put them in a place little frequented, or one to which few had access besides himself. But the prophet's discerning spirit found him out.