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2 Kings 7:15

Jordan

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.”

14 Then the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”

And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.

16 Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

17 Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.

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BSB
And they tracked them as far as the Jordan, and indeed, the whole way was littered with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown off in haste. So the scouts returned and told the king.
KJV
And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
WEB
They went after them to the Jordan; and behold, all the path was full of garments and equipment which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. The messengers returned and told the king.
ASV
And they went after them unto the Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.
DARBY
And they went after them to the Jordan; and behold, all the way was full of garments and materials, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned and told the king.
BLB
And they went after them to the Jordan, and behold, all the way [was] full of garments and vessels that Aram had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned and told the king.
ÅB
Så dro de etter dem like til Jordan og fant hele veien full av klær og andre ting som syrerne hadde kastet fra seg da de i angst ilte avsted; og sendebudene vendte tilbake og meldte det til kongen.
OTB
De dro etter dem til Jordan, og se, hele veien var full av klær og utstyr som arameerne hadde kastet fra seg i hast. Så vendte budbringene tilbake og fortalte kongen.
B1930
Så drog de efter dem like til Jordan og fant hele veien full av klær og andre ting som syrerne hadde kastet fra sig da de i angst ilte avsted; og sendebudene vendte tilbake og meldte det til kongen.

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Cross references

  • Philippians 3:7–8

    But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.

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  • Isaiah 2:20

    In that day men will cast away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and gold— the idols they made to worship.

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  • Matthew 16:26

    What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

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  • Hebrews 12:1

    Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

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  • Isaiah 10:3

    What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?

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  • Isaiah 22:24

    So they will hang on him the whole burden of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.

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  • Job 2:4

    “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

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  • Ezekiel 18:31

    Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?

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