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They rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians; and when they were come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there.
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A Cautious, Desperate Step
Multiple commentators clarify that the lepers acted with strategic caution. They waited for the 'evening twilight' to avoid being seen from Samaria's walls and approached the 'uttermost part' of the camp, meaning the very nearest edge. Their desperate plan to surrender was met with the shocking discovery that the camp was completely empty.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The twilight—The evening twilight (see 2 Kings 7:9).
The uttermost part of the camp—The extreme boundary of the cam…
19th Century
Anglican
In the twilight — that is, at nightfall. (See 2 Kings 7:9; 2 Kings 7:12). They waited until then, that the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians, The dusk of the evening, or the evening twilight, a…
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