2 Kings 7:6

For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, [even] the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

For the Lord {H136} had made the host {H4264} of the Syrians {H758} to hear {H8085} a noise {H6963} of chariots {H7393}, and a noise {H6963} of horses {H5483}, even the noise {H6963} of a great {H1419} host {H2428}: and they said {H559} one {H376} to another {H251}, Lo, the king {H4428} of Israel {H3478} hath hired {H7936} against us the kings {H4428} of the Hittites {H2850}, and the kings {H4428} of the Egyptians {H4714}, to come {H935} upon us.

For ADONAI had caused the army of Aram to hear the sound of chariots and horses; it sounded like a huge army; and they said to each other, "The king of Isra'el must have hired the kings of the Hitti and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us."

For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”

For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Samuel 5:24 (12 votes)

    And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.

  • Isaiah 31:1 (6 votes)

    ¶ Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because [they are] many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

  • 1 Kings 10:29 (5 votes)

    And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring [them] out by their means.

  • Revelation 9:9 (4 votes)

    And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings [was] as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

  • Job 15:21 (3 votes)

    A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

  • Revelation 6:15 (3 votes)

    And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

  • Revelation 6:16 (3 votes)

    And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: