⁵ Then they set out, and the terror of God^(A) fell on the towns all around them so that no one pursued them.^(B)

⁶ for the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound^(A) of chariots and horses and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired^(B) the Hittite^(C) and Egyptian kings to attack us!”