John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 7:10
So they came and called to the porter of the city ,.... The chief of those that had the care of the gate of it; for there were more than one, as follows: and they told them ; the porter, and the watchmen with him: we came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man ; not one to be seen or heard: but horses tied, and asses tied ; to their mangers; the latter, as well as the former, were used for war, not only to carry burdens, but to fight... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 7:3-11
We are here told, I. How the siege of Samaria was raised in the evening, at the edge of night (2 Kgs. 7:6, 7), not by might or power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts, striking terror upon the spirits of the besiegers. Here was not a sword drawn against them, not a drop of blood shed, it was not by thunder or hailstones that they were discomfited, nor were they slain, as Sennacherib's army before Jerusalem, by a destroying angel; but, 1. The Lord made them to hear a noise of chariots and... read more