2 Kings 7:9
Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.
Context
This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. Ben-hadad of Aram besieges Samaria, causing severe famine; Elisha predicts that tomorrow food will be abundant and cheap. Four lepers decide to go to the Aramean camp and find it abandoned—God had caused the Arameans to hear sounds of a …
Other Translations
Then they said one to another, We do not well; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king’s household.
And they say one unto another, `We are not doing right this day; a day of tidings it <FI>is<Fi> , and we are keeping silent; and--we have waited till the light of the morning, then hath punishment found us; and now, come and we go in and declare to the house of the king.'
Then they said to one another, We are not doing right. Today is a day of good news, and we say nothing: if we go on waiting here till the morning, punishment will come to us. So let us go and give the news to those of the king's house.
Cross References
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good …
The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall …
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn …
Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
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For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of …