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So they rose up at twilight to go into

AT: "So at the end of the day, the four lepers got up and walked to the edge"

For the Lord had made the Aramean army

AT: "The reason for this was because the Lord had caused the Aramean army to"

the Aramean army hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses-the noise of another large army

the noise of another large army** - The soldiers of the Aramean army heard noises that sounded like a large army coming to do battle with them. This was not an actual army, but the Lord had made them hear these sounds.

The king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians

Here the kings are being used to represent their armies. AT: "The king of Israel has hired the armies of the Hittites and the Egyptians" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

to come against us

AT: "to fight us." or "to attack us."