He called the gatekeepers; and they told it to the king’s household within.
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He called the gatekeepers; and they told it to the king’s household within.
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And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s house within.
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And the porters called, and they told it to the king's household within.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 7:11 And he called the porters; and they…
2Ki 7:11 And he called the porters; and they told [it] to the king’s house within.
Ver. 11. And they told it to the king’s house.] It was fit that the king and his counsellors should be acquainted with the first, that they might the better order things for the public good.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The porters; either his fellow porters of the city;…
The porters; either his fellow porters of the city; or rather, the porters or guards of the gate of the king’s house.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he called the porters,.... The porter of the…
And he called the porters,.... The porter of the city called to the porters of the king's palace:
and they told it to the king's house within; to some of his domestic servants within the palace, and they reported it to the king.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. And he called] i.e. the one who was…
11. And he called] i.e. the one who was nearest and received the news did so. The singular corresponds to the singular ‘porter’ in verse 10. But there is a various reading here in the Hebrew, which the R.V. places on the margin, ‘the porters called’.
and they told it to the king’s house [R.V. household] within] The R.V. renders as in verse 9. We are to understand that one of the number of the watchmen was detached to convey the news. They would not all leave their posts.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) And he called the porters.—Rather, And the porters…
(11) And he called the porters.—Rather, And the porters called. The verb in the Hebrew is singular,and may be used impersonally: “And one called, viz., the warders.” But the LXX., Targum, Arabic, and some Hebrew MSS., read the plural. The Syriac has, “And the porters drew near, and told the house of the king.”
And they told it.—The king’s palace may have been near to the ramparts. If not, the sentries at the gate shouted their news to other soldiers near them, who conveyed it to the palace. The word “within” seems to indicate the former. (The Authorised Version, which is Kimchi’s rendering, cannot be right, because in that case the Hebrew verb would require the preposition “unto,” as in 2Ki_7:10.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he called the porters; and they told it…
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king"s house within; rather, and the porters (or, gate-keepers) called out and told it, etc. arqyi may be a plural before its subject; or the true reading may be Warqyi, which is found in some manuscripts.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.