2 Kings 7:14

Myles Coverdale Bible

The toke they two charettes with ye horses. And the kynge sent them vnto the tentes of the Syrians, and sayde: Go youre waye and se.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The messengers took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”

Hebrew Names Version
They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Aram, saying, Go and see.

King James Version
They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

English Standard Version
So they took two horsemen, and the king sent them after the army of the Syrians, saying, "Go and see."

New Century Version
So the men took two chariots with horses. The king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, "Go and see what has happened."

New English Translation
So they picked two horsemen and the king sent them out to track the Syrian army. He ordered them, "Go and find out what's going on."

Amplified Bible
So they took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, "Go and see."

New American Standard Bible
Therefore they took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the army of the Arameans, saying, "Go and see."

Geneva Bible (1587)
So they tooke two charets of horses, and the King sent after the hoste of the Aramites, saying, Goe and see.

Legacy Standard Bible
They took therefore two chariots with horses, and the king sent after the camp of the Arameans, saying, "Go and see."

Contemporary English Version
They found two chariots, and the king commanded the men to find out what had happened to the Syrian troops.

Complete Jewish Bible
So they took two chariots with horses, and the king sent after the army of Aram, saying, "Go, and see."

Darby Translation
And they took two chariots with their horses; and the king sent after the army of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

Easy-to-Read Version
So the men took two chariots with horses. The king sent these men after the Aramean army. He told them, "Go and see what happened."

George Lamsa Translation
So two couples of horsemen mounted, and the king sent them after the army of Aram, saying, Go and see.

Good News Translation
They chose some men, and the king sent them in two chariots with instructions to go and find out what had happened to the Syrian army.

Lexham English Bible
So he took two charioteer horsemen, and the king sent after the camp of the Arameans, saying, "Go, find out,"

Literal Translation
And they took two chariots with horses, and the king sent after the Syrian army, saying, Go and see.

American Standard Version
They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

Bible in Basic English
So they took two horsemen; and the king sent them after the army of the Aramaeans, saying, Go and see.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
They toke therfore the horses of two charets, and the king sent after the hoast of the Syrians, saying: Go, and see.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Arameans, saying: 'Go and see.'

King James Version (1611)
They tooke therefore two charet horses, and the king sent after the hoste of the Syrians, saying, Goe, and see.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So they took two horsemen; and the king of Israel sent after the king of Syria, saying, Go, and see.

English Revised Version
They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

Berean Standard Bible
Then the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, "Go and see."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor thei brouyten forth twei horsis; and the kyng sente in to the castels of men of Sirie, and seide, Go ye, and se.

Young's Literal Translation
And they take two chariot-horses, and the king sendeth after the camp of Aram, saying, `Go, and see.'

Update Bible Version
They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

Webster's Bible Translation
They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

World English Bible
They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.

New King James Version
Therefore they took two chariots with horses; and the king sent them in the direction of the Syrian army, saying, "Go and see."

New Living Translation
So two chariots with horses were prepared, and the king sent scouts to see what had happened to the Aramean army.

New Life Bible
So they took two war-wagons with horses. And the king sent them after the Syrian army, saying, "Go and see."

New Revised Standard
So they took two mounted men, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, "Go and find out."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So they took two chariots and horses, - and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see!

Douay-Rheims Bible
They brought therefore two horses, and the king sent into the camp of the Syrians, saying: Go, and see.

Revised Standard Version
So they took two mounted men, and the king sent them after the army of the Syrians, saying, "Go and see."

THE MESSAGE
They took two chariots with horses. The king sent them after the army of Aram with the orders, "Scout them out; find out what happened."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They took therefore two chariots with horses, and the king sent after the army of the Arameans, saying, "Go and see."

Contextual Overview

¹² And the kynge arose in the nighte, & sayde vnto his seruauntes: I will tell you how ye Syrians deale with vs: they knowe yt we suffer honger, and are gone out of the tetes, to hyde them selues in the felde, and thynke thus: whan they go out of the cite, we wyll take them alyue, & come in to the cite. ¹³ Then answered one of his seruauntes, and sayde: Let vs take the fyue horses that remayne, which yet are lefte in the cite (beholde, these are left therin for all ye multitude in Israel, which is destroyed) let vs sende these and se. ¹⁴ The toke they two charettes with ye horses. And the kynge sent them vnto the tentes of the Syrians, and sayde: Go youre waye and se. ¹⁵ And whan they wente after the vnto Iordane, beholde, the waye laye full of garmentes and vessels, which the Syrians had cast from the, whyle they made haist. And whan the messaungers came agayne, and tolde the kynge, ¹⁶ the people wente forth, and spoyled the tentes of the Syrians. And a bu?shel of fyne meell was solde for a Sycle, and two bu?shels of barlye for a Sycle also, acordinge to the worde of the LORDE. ¹⁷ But the kynge appoynted the knyghte (vpon whose hande he leened) to be at the gate, & the people trode vpon him, so that he dyed, euen as the man of God sayde, whan the kynge came downe vnto him. ¹⁸ And it came to passe euen as ye man of God tolde the kynge, wha he sayde: Tomorow aboute this tyme shall two bu?shels of barlye be solde for one Sycle, and a bu?shel fyne meel for one Sycle vnder the gate at Samaria. ¹⁹ And the knyghte answered the man of God, and sayde: Beholde, though ye LORDE made wyndowes in heauen, how coulde soch a thinge come to passe? Neuertheles he sayde: Beholde, with thine eyes shalt thou se it, and shalt not eate therof. ²⁰ And euen so fortuned it vnto him, for the people trode vpon him in the gate, yt he dyed.

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: 2 Kings 9:17 - Take an horseman

Cross-References

Genesis 7:2
Of all cleane beastes take vnto the seuen and seuen, the male and his female. And of vncleane beastes a payre, the male and his female.

Genesis 7:3
Like wyse of the foules vnder the heauen, seuen and seuen, the male and his female, that there maye be sede left a lyue vpon the whole earth.

Genesis 7:8
Of cleane beastes and of vncleane, of all fethered foules, & of all that crepeth vpon earth,

Genesis 7:9
wente in vnto him to the Arcke by pares, a male and a female, as ye LORDE comaunded him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They took therefore two chariot horses,.... Not five, but two only, and those the best, that drew in the king's chariot perhaps, and so were better fed, and fitter for this expedition:

and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, go and see; whether they are fled or not.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Two chariot horses - Translate, “two horse-chariots.” They dispatched i. e. two war-chariots, with their proper complement of horses and men, to see whether the retreat was a reality or only a feint. The “horses” sent would be four or six, since chariots were drawn by either two or three horses.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 7:14. They took - two chariot horses — They had at first intended to send five; probably they found on examination that only two were effective. But if they sent two chariots, each would have two horses, and probably a single horse for crossing the country.