2 Kings 7:5 - Exposition

And they rose up in the twilight. Most certainly in the evening twilight, as soon as the sun was down (see 2 Kings 7:9 ). Had they set off in the daytime, the garrison would have shot at them from the walls. To go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part — i.e. the most advanced part, that which was nearest to Samaria— of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there. The camp was empty, deserted. Not a soul was anywhere to be seen.