And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city.
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His servants - That is, “high officers of the household,” not mere domestics.
I will show you what the Syrians have done - Jeho…

I will now show you. —“Suspicax est miseria” (Grotius). Such stratagems as Jehoram suspected are, however, common enough …

And the king arose in the night
Upon the report made to him:
and he said unto his servants, I wil…

Here we see Israel's needs supplied in a way they little expected, which should encourage us to depend upon the power and goodness of God in our gr…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes