Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
<< 2 Kings 7:9 2 Kings 7:11 >>
2 Kings 7:10
horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were—The uniform arrangement of encampments in the East is to place the tents in the center, while the cattle are picketed all around, as an outer wall of defense; and hence the lepers describe the cattle as the first objects they saw.
2 Kings 7:8-11
these lepers . . . did eat and drink—After they had appeased their hunger and secreted as many valuables as they could carry, their consciences smote them for concealing the discovery and they hastened to publish it in the city.
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