2 Kings 7:3-7 ▼

3 Now there happened to be four lepers who were at that very moment at the entrance to the city gate. As they were talking with one another, they said, |Why are we sitting here waiting to die?

4 If we tell ourselves, 'Let's remain in the city,' we'll die there since there's famine in the city. But if we sit here, we'll die, too. So let's go over to the Arameans! If they spare our lives, we'll live, and if they kill us...we're dying anyway!|

5 So they got up at dusk and went out to the Aramean encampment. But when they arrived at the outskirts of the Aramean encampment, there was no one there!

6 The LORD had made the Aramean army hear the sounds of chariots, horses, and a large army, so they told one another, |Look! The king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and the Egyptians to come attack us!|

7 So the Arameans got up and ran away in the gathering darkness. They left behind their tents, horses, and donkeys just as they were—and fled for their lives!