2 Kings 7:10
“So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
So they came and called to the porter of the city,.... The chief of those that had the care of the gate of it; for there…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
They called unto the porter ... and told them - The word “porter” is used like our “guard” and the meaning here is, not…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17142 Kings 7:3-11
We are here told,
I. How the siege of Samaria was raised in the evening, at the edge of night (Kg2 7:6, Kg2 7:7), not by…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
called unto the porter i.e. from the outside of the wall, whither alone they were allowed to come. The singular noun is…
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