Behold ... - The Septuagint and a large number of Hebrew manuscripts omit the clause, “behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that …

Let some take. —Literally, And (that is, then) let them take. (Compare to 2 Kings 2:9; [Ref…

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<…

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…