2 Kings 7:8
in 2 Kings 7When the lepers reached the edge of the camp, they went into a tent to eat and drink. Then they carried off the silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them. On returning, they entered another tent, carried off some items from there, and hid them.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
KJV
And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it.
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This verse in 2 Kings 7
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
they went into a tent to eat and drink
on 2 Kings 7:8-9
The lepers go from tent to tent, hiding silver, gold and clothing, until they judge themselves, “We are not doing what is right”. They see that “Today is a day of good news”, and that silence until morning would be sin. They go to tell the king's household.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent,....
The words behind it
28 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹאוּ֩ | vaiyavou | and they came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| הַֽמְצֹרָעִ֨ים | hamtzoraim | the [people] having a skin disease | H6879 → | 20 times |
| הָאֵ֜לֶּה | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| קְצֵ֣ה | ketzeh | [the] edge of | H7097 → | 97 times |
| הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֗ה | hamachaneh | the camp | H4264 → | 215 times |
| וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ | vaiyavou | and they went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֹ֤הֶל | ʾohel | a tent | H168 → | 345 times |
| אֶחָד֙ | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| וַיֹּאכְל֣וּ | vaiyokhelu | and they ate | H398 → | 810 times |
| וַיִּשְׁתּ֔וּ | vaiyishtu | and they drank | H8354 → | 217 times |
| וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ | vaiyisu | and they carried off | H5375 → | 656 times |
| מִשָּׁ֗ם | misham | from there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| כֶּ֤סֶף | kesef | silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| וְזָהָב֙ | vezahav | and gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| וּבְגָדִ֔ים | uvegadim | and clothes | H899 → | 217 times |
| וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ | vaiyelekhu | and they went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| וַיַּטְמִ֑נוּ | vaiyatminu | and they hid [them] | H2934 → | |
| וַיָּשֻׁ֗בוּ | vaiyashuvu | and they returned | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ | vaiyavou | and they went | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֹ֣הֶל | ʾohel | a tent | H168 → | 345 times |
| אַחֵ֔ר | ʾacher | another | H312 → | 166 times |
| וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ | vaiyisu | and they carried off [things] | H5375 → | 656 times |
| מִשָּׁ֔ם | misham | from there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ | vaiyelekhu | and they went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| וַיַּטְמִֽנוּ׃ | vaiyatminu | and they hid [them] | H2934 → |
וַיָּבֹאוּ֩and they came
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
הַֽמְצֹרָעִ֨יםthe [people] having a skin disease
hamtzoraimH6879 →20 times
הָאֵ֜לֶּה<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
קְצֵ֣ה[the] edge of
ketzehH7097 →97 times
הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֗הthe camp
hamachanehH4264 →215 times
וַיָּבֹ֜אוּand they went
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֹ֤הֶלa tent
ʾohelH168 →345 times
אֶחָד֙one
ʾechadH259 →971 times
וַיֹּאכְל֣וּand they ate
vaiyokheluH398 →810 times
וַיִּשְׁתּ֔וּand they drank
vaiyishtuH8354 →217 times
וַיִּשְׂא֣וּand they carried off
vaiyisuH5375 →656 times
מִשָּׁ֗םfrom there
mishamH8033 →834 times
כֶּ֤סֶףsilver
kesefH3701 →403 times
וְזָהָב֙and gold
vezahavH2091 →389 times
וּבְגָדִ֔יםand clothes
uvegadimH899 →217 times
וַיֵּלְכ֖וּand they went
vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times
וַיַּטְמִ֑נוּand they hid [them]
vaiyatminuH2934 →
וַיָּשֻׁ֗בוּand they returned
vaiyashuvuH7725 →1056 times
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙and they went
vaiyavouH935 →2568 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֹ֣הֶלa tent
ʾohelH168 →345 times
אַחֵ֔רanother
ʾacherH312 →166 times
וַיִּשְׂא֣וּand they carried off [things]
vaiyisuH5375 →656 times
מִשָּׁ֔םfrom there
mishamH8033 →834 times
וַיֵּלְכ֖וּand they went
vaiyelekhuH1980 →1546 times
וַיַּטְמִֽנוּ׃and they hid [them]
vaiyatminuH2934 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 13:44The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that…
it leads to
- Proverbs 2:2–5
if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,
- Colossians 2:3
in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
- Philippians 3:7–9
But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
- Matthew 6:21
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
- Luke 14:33
In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
- Proverbs 2:2–5
Through
Matthew 25:18But the servant who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.
it leads to
- 2 Peter 1:8
For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Peter 1:8
Through
Joshua 7:21When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in…
it leads to
- James 1:15
Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
- 1 John 2:15–16
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- James 1:15
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Kings

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1996, Public Testimony, a Debt to God and Man and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
