2 Kings 7:6
For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
Cross-reference
In 2 Kings 19:7, God puts a spirit in Sennacherib to hear a rumor and retreat — same pattern of auditory deception leading to enemy withdrawal.
In 2 Kings 3:22, God deceives the Moabites with an optical illusion (water as blood) — an auditory deception here (sound of armies). Strong parallel.
2 Kings 3:23-27 continues the Moabite deception; they rush to plunder and are ambushed — similar divine trick causing enemy confusion.
In Revelation 9:9, locusts' wings sound like many chariots and horses — a clear verbal parallel to the sound God made the Syrians hear in 2 Kings 7:6.
Leviticus 26:36 describes God sending faintness so a leaf's sound makes enemies flee—a curse that parallels the divinely induced panic from chariot sounds here.
Jeremiah 49:5 says God will bring terror causing everyone to flee — the same divine strategy of terror-induced flight seen here.
Jeremiah 46:5 depicts terrified warriors fleeing in haste — echoing the panic and flight of the Syrian army here.
Isaiah 37:7 describes God putting a spirit in Sennacherib so he hears a rumor and retreats — a strong parallel to God making the Syrians hear sounds and flee.
Proverbs 28:1 states the wicked flee when no one pursues — exactly what happens here as God makes the Syrians flee from imagined sounds.
Psalm 53:5 speaks of terror where there is no terror, directly mirroring God causing the Syrians to hear sounds and flee with no real pursuer.
In Judges 4:15, the Lord routs Sisera's chariots and army, causing flight—a direct parallel to God routing the Syrians through the sound of chariots here.
Exodus 23:27 promises God will send terror and confusion on enemies—exactly what happens here when the Syrians hear sounds and flee in panic.
In 1 Samuel 14:15, God sends a great panic on the Philistines, mirroring the supernatural terror that makes the Syrians flee here.
In Judges 7:21, God causes a similar panic and flight among enemies, but through trumpets and torches — a parallel divine terror tactic.
Isaiah 31:1 warns against trusting in Egyptian chariots; here God uses the rumor of Egyptian chariots to deliver Israel, showing his sovereignty over human reliance.
In Joshua 2:9, Rahab says fear of Israel has fallen on the Canaanites—like the Syrians' fear here, both divinely caused and leading to flight.
Deuteronomy 2:25 says God will put dread of Israel on nations who hear reports—similar to the Syrians' panic from hearing the sound of an army here.
In 1 Kings 20:20, the Syrians also flee in battle against Israel, but through direct combat rather than an auditory deception.
In 1 Chronicles 14:15, God uses the sound of marching in trees as a battle signal — another instance of God employing audible signs.
In 2 Chronicles 14:14, the fear of the Lord falls on the Cushites, similar to the terror God puts into the Syrians here.
In 2 Chronicles 20:29, fear of God spreads after hearing of His victory, paralleling how the Syrians were terrified by what they heard.
In Psalm 33:16-17, human military might cannot save — the Syrians' horses and chariots (sound) ironically become the means of their defeat.
Psalm 48:5 describes enemies terrified upon seeing Zion and fleeing — a parallel to the divinely caused panic that made the Syrians flee.