7:12a So the king got up in the night and said to his servants,
Then the king arose in the night and said to his officers,
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⌊The king heard the news,⌋ and got out of bed in the middle of the night to speak to his men. He said to them,
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It was still dark, but the king got up. He said to his officials/advisers that
7:12b “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us.
“Let me tell you (plur.) what the Aramean/Syrian ⌊soldiers⌋ are trying to do.
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“I will/can tell you something. Those men of Aram/Syria are trying to trick us.
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he wanted to warn them about what the Arameans/Syrians were planning to do to them.
7:12c They know we are starving,
They know that we (incl.) are hungry.
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They are aware that we have nothing to eat.
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The Arameans/Syrians knew that the people of Samaria were starving.
7:12d so they have left the camp to hide in the field,
So they have gone out of their camp to hide in the fields.
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This is why they have left their tents and are hiding in the open country.
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So they had left their camp and concealed themselves in the wild/bush country ⌊nearby⌋ .
7:12e thinking, ‘When they come out of the city,
They think that we (incl.) will have to leave the city.
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They feel sure that we will leave our city ⌊to look for food⌋ .
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They were hoping that the people of Samaria would come out of their city.
7:12f we will take them alive and enter the city.’”
Then they will capture us alive and enter ⌊our (incl.) ⌋ city.”
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⌊If we (incl.) do that,⌋ they will be able to catch us and go into our city.”
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Then they could capture them and take/possess Samaria.
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