2 Kings 7:11
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Then the guards of the gate went, and told it within in the king's palace.

unto his servants

2 Kings 6:8 And the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying: In such and such a place, let us lay an ambush.

Genesis 20:8 And Abimelech forthwith rising up in the night, called all his servants: and spoke all these words in their hearing, and all the men were exceedingly afraid.

Genesis 41:38 And he said to them: Can we find such another man, that is full of the spirit of God?

1 Kings 20:7,23 And the king of Israel called all the ancients of the land, and said: Mark, and see that he layeth snares for us. For he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver and gold: and I said not nay. . . .

I will now

2 Kings 7:1 And Eliseus said: Hear ye the word of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord: Tomorrow, about this time, a bushel of fine flour shall be sold for a stater, and two bushels of barley for a stater, in the gate of Samaria.

2 Kings 5:7 And when the king of Israel had read the letter, he rent his garments, and said: Am I God, to be able to kill and give life, that this man hath sent to me to heal a man of his leprosy? mark, and see how he seeketh occasions against me.

8,000 of whom were slain; the pasha and a few soldiers barely escaping with their lives.

2 Kings 6:25-29 And there was a great famine in Samaria: and so long did the siege continue, till the head of an ass was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cabe of pigeons' dung, for five pieces of silver. . . .

hide themselves

Joshua 8:4-12 And commanded them, saying: Lay an ambush behind the city: and go not very far from it: and be ye all ready. . . .

Judges 20:29-37 And the children of Israel set ambushes round about the city of Gabaa: . . .

Context
The Siege Lifted
10So they came to the gate of the city, and told them, saying: We went to the camp of the Syrians, and we found no man there, but horses, and asses tied, and the tents standing. 11Then the guards of the gate went, and told it within in the king's palace.12And he arose in the night, and said to his servants: I tell you what the Syrians have done to us: They know that we suffer great famine, and therefore they are gone out of the camp, and lie hid in the fields, saying: When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and then we may get into the city.…
Cross References
2 Kings 7:10
So they came to the gate of the city, and told them, saying: We went to the camp of the Syrians, and we found no man there, but horses, and asses tied, and the tents standing.

2 Kings 7:12
And he arose in the night, and said to his servants: I tell you what the Syrians have done to us: They know that we suffer great famine, and therefore they are gone out of the camp, and lie hid in the fields, saying: When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and then we may get into the city.

Lexicon
The gatekeepers
הַשֹּֽׁעֲרִ֑ים (haš·šō·‘ă·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7778: A gatekeeper

shouted the news,
וַיִּקְרָ֖א (way·yiq·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read

and it was reported
וַיַּגִּ֕ידוּ (way·yag·gî·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5046: To be conspicuous

to the king’s
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

household.
בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house


Additional Translations
The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king’s household.And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.

And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.

And the porters cried aloud, and reported to the house of the king within.

And the porters cried [it] and told [it] to the king's house within.

And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.

And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.

He called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.

and he calleth the gatekeepers, and they declare to the house of the king within.
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