Lectionary Calendar
Monday, September 15th, 2025
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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New Living Translation
2 Kings 7:11
Then the gatekeepers shouted the news to the people in the palace.
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Christian Standard Bible®
The gatekeepers called out, and the news was reported to the king’s household.
The gatekeepers called out, and the news was reported to the king’s household.
Hebrew Names Version
He called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.
He called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.
King James Version
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.
English Standard Version
Then the gatekeepers called out, and it was told within the king's household.
Then the gatekeepers called out, and it was told within the king's household.
New Century Version
Then the gatekeepers shouted out and told the people in the palace.
Then the gatekeepers shouted out and told the people in the palace.
New English Translation
The gatekeepers relayed the news to the royal palace.
The gatekeepers relayed the news to the royal palace.
Amplified Bible
Then the gatekeepers called out and it was reported to the king's household inside [the city].
Then the gatekeepers called out and it was reported to the king's household inside [the city].
New American Standard Bible
And the gatekeepers called and announced it inside the king's house.
And the gatekeepers called and announced it inside the king's house.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the porters cryed and declared to the Kings house within.
And the porters cryed and declared to the Kings house within.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the gatekeepers called and told it within the king's household.
And the gatekeepers called and told it within the king's household.
Contemporary English Version
The guards reported the news to the king's palace.
The guards reported the news to the king's palace.
Complete Jewish Bible
The gatekeepers called and told it to the king's household inside.
The gatekeepers called and told it to the king's household inside.
Darby Translation
And the porters cried [it] and told [it] to the king's house within.
And the porters cried [it] and told [it] to the king's house within.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the gatekeepers of the city shouted out and told the people in the king's palace.
Then the gatekeepers of the city shouted out and told the people in the king's palace.
George Lamsa Translation
And the doorkeepers called out and told it to the kings household within.
And the doorkeepers called out and told it to the kings household within.
Good News Translation
The guards announced the news, and it was reported in the palace.
The guards announced the news, and it was reported in the palace.
Lexham English Bible
Then the gatekeepers called and told it inside the house of the king.
Then the gatekeepers called and told it inside the house of the king.
Literal Translation
And he called the gatekeepers, and they told the house of the king inside.
And he called the gatekeepers, and they told the house of the king inside.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then cried ye porters and tolde it within in ye kynges house.
Then cried ye porters and tolde it within in ye kynges house.
American Standard Version
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.
Bible in Basic English
Then the door-keepers, crying out, gave the news to those inside the king's house.
Then the door-keepers, crying out, gave the news to those inside the king's house.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so the man called vnto the porters, and they told the kinges house within.
And so the man called vnto the porters, and they told the kinges house within.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the porters called, and they told it to the king's household within.
And the porters called, and they told it to the king's household within.
King James Version (1611)
And hee called the porters, and they told it to the kings house within.
And hee called the porters, and they told it to the kings house within.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the porters cried aloud, and reported to the house of the king within.
And the porters cried aloud, and reported to the house of the king within.
English Revised Version
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s household within.
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king’s household within.
Berean Standard Bible
The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king's household.
The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king's household.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the porteris yeden, and telden in the paleis of the kyng with ynne.
Therfor the porteris yeden, and telden in the paleis of the kyng with ynne.
Young's Literal Translation
and he calleth the gatekeepers, and they declare to the house of the king within.
and he calleth the gatekeepers, and they declare to the house of the king within.
Update Bible Version
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's household inside.
And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's household inside.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he called the porters; and they told [it] to the king's house within.
And he called the porters; and they told [it] to the king's house within.
World English Bible
He called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.
He called the porters; and they told it to the king's household within.
New King James Version
And the gatekeepers called out, and they told it to the king's household inside.
And the gatekeepers called out, and they told it to the king's household inside.
New Life Bible
So the men at the gate called out, and the news was heard in the king's house.
So the men at the gate called out, and the news was heard in the king's house.
New Revised Standard
Then the gatekeepers called out and proclaimed it to the king's household.
Then the gatekeepers called out and proclaimed it to the king's household.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the watchers of the gate called and told it to the household of the king, within.
And the watchers of the gate called and told it to the household of the king, within.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then the guards of the gate went, and told it within in the king’s palace.
Then the guards of the gate went, and told it within in the king’s palace.
Revised Standard Version
Then the gatekeepers called out, and it was told within the king's household.
Then the gatekeepers called out, and it was told within the king's household.
THE MESSAGE
The gatekeepers got the word to the royal palace, giving them the whole story. Roused in the middle of the night, the king told his servants, "Let me tell you what Aram has done. They knew that we were starving, so they left camp and have hid in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we'll capture them alive and take the city.'"
The gatekeepers got the word to the royal palace, giving them the whole story. Roused in the middle of the night, the king told his servants, "Let me tell you what Aram has done. They knew that we were starving, so they left camp and have hid in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we'll capture them alive and take the city.'"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The gatekeepers called and told it within the king's household.
The gatekeepers called and told it within the king's household.
Contextual Overview
3 Elisha replied, "Listen to this message from the Lord ! This is what the Lord says: By this time tomorrow in the markets of Samaria, six quarts of choice flour will cost only one piece of silver, and twelve quarts of barley grain will cost only one piece of silver." The officer assisting the king said to the man of God, "That couldn't happen even if the Lord opened the windows of heaven!" But Elisha replied, "You will see it happen with your own eyes, but you won't be able to eat any of it!" Now there were four men with leprosy sitting at the entrance of the city gates. "Why should we sit here waiting to die?" they asked each other. 4 "We will starve if we stay here, but with the famine in the city, we will starve if we go back there. So we might as well go out and surrender to the Aramean army. If they let us live, so much the better. But if they kill us, we would have died anyway." 5 So at twilight they set out for the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the edge of the camp, no one was there! 6 For the Lord had caused the Aramean army to hear the clatter of speeding chariots and the galloping of horses and the sounds of a great army approaching. "The king of Israel has hired the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us!" they cried to one another. 7 So they panicked and ran into the night, abandoning their tents, horses, donkeys, and everything else, as they fled for their lives. 8 When the men with leprosy arrived at the edge of the camp, they went into one tent after another, eating and drinking wine; and they carried off silver and gold and clothing and hid it. 9 Finally, they said to each other, "This is not right. This is a day of good news, and we aren't sharing it with anyone! If we wait until morning, some calamity will certainly fall upon us. Come on, let's go back and tell the people at the palace." 10 So they went back to the city and told the gatekeepers what had happened. "We went out to the Aramean camp," they said, "and no one was there! The horses and donkeys were tethered and the tents were all in order, but there wasn't a single person around!" 11 Then the gatekeepers shouted the news to the people in the palace.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 7:10 - the porter
Cross-References
Genesis 1:7
And that is what happened. God made this space to separate the waters of the earth from the waters of the heavens.
And that is what happened. God made this space to separate the waters of the earth from the waters of the heavens.
Genesis 6:17
"Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.
"Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing that breathes. Everything on earth will die.
Genesis 7:5
So Noah did everything as the Lord commanded him.
So Noah did everything as the Lord commanded him.
Genesis 7:6
Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth.
Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth.
Genesis 7:8
With them were all the various kinds of animals—those approved for eating and for sacrifice and those that were not—along with all the birds and the small animals that scurry along the ground.
With them were all the various kinds of animals—those approved for eating and for sacrifice and those that were not—along with all the birds and the small animals that scurry along the ground.
Genesis 7:11
When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky.
When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky.
Genesis 7:23
God wiped out every living thing on the earth—people, livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and the birds of the sky. All were destroyed. The only people who survived were Noah and those with him in the boat.
God wiped out every living thing on the earth—people, livestock, small animals that scurry along the ground, and the birds of the sky. All were destroyed. The only people who survived were Noah and those with him in the boat.
Genesis 7:24
And the floodwaters covered the earth for 150 days.
And the floodwaters covered the earth for 150 days.
2 Kings 7:2
The officer assisting the king said to the man of God, "That couldn't happen even if the Lord opened the windows of heaven!" But Elisha replied, "You will see it happen with your own eyes, but you won't be able to eat any of it!"
The officer assisting the king said to the man of God, "That couldn't happen even if the Lord opened the windows of heaven!" But Elisha replied, "You will see it happen with your own eyes, but you won't be able to eat any of it!"
2 Kings 7:19
The king's officer had replied, "That couldn't happen even if the Lord opened the windows of heaven!" And the man of God had said, "You will see it happen with your own eyes, but you won't be able to eat any of it!"
The king's officer had replied, "That couldn't happen even if the Lord opened the windows of heaven!" And the man of God had said, "You will see it happen with your own eyes, but you won't be able to eat any of it!"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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.
