2 Kings 7:11
9 Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”
10 So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city, saying, “We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a trace—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.”
The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king’s household.
12 So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”
13 But one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are doomed. So let us send them and find out.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king’s household.
- KJV
- And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s house within.
- WEB
- Then the gatekeepers called out and told it to the king’s household within.
- ASV
- And he called the porters; and they told it to the king`s household within.
- DARBY
- And the porters cried [it] and told [it] to the king's house within.
- BLB
- And the gatekeepers called out, and they told [it] to the house of the king within.
- ÅB
- Portvokterne ropte det ut, og det ble meldt helt inn i kongens hus.
- OTB
- Og portvaktene ropte ut, og det ble rapportert inne i kongens hus.
- B1930
- Portvokterne ropte det ut, og det blev meldt helt inn i kongens hus.