2 Kings 7:13

five of the horses -Five" is probably used indefinitely to mean some small number. That -five" may be thus used seems likely from Genesis 43:34; Numbers 11:19.

behold, theyare as all the multitude The sense of the speaker seems to be: the men sent out as spies, if they be taken and slain, will be no worse off than those that remain behind, for these are consumed with famine and will soon be dead. And if they find the news true they are enough to make sure of the matter, and to bring word into the city.