John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 7:5

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians, etc.], The dusk of the evening, or the evening twilight, as appears from (<120709>2 Kings 7:9,12), and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria; not the further part of it, but the edge or border of it nearest to them: behold, there was no man there; no sentinel or guard, which they expected, and to whom they would have surrendered themselves.

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