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2 Kings 7:11

2 Kings 7:11
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he called the porters,.... The porter of the city called to the porters of the king's palace:

and they told it to the king's house within; to some of his domestic servants within the palace, and…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 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 might or power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts, striking terror upon…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And he called i.e. the one who was nearest and received the news did so. The singular corresponds to the singular -porter" in verse 10. But there is a various reading here in the Hebrew, which the…