SIL Translator’s Notes on 2 Kings 7:7

7:7a Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight,

Then the Arameans/soldiers got/jumped up and ran away in the dark.

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At once they ran off into the night.

7:7b abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys.

They abandoned their tents and their horses and donkeys.

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They left their tents behind, as well as their horses and donkeys.

7:7c The camp was intact,

They abandoned their camp just as it was

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They took nothing from their camp with them.

7:7d and they had run for their lives.

and ran away to save their lives.

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They just fled, because ⌊they wanted⌋ to live.

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