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What is the significance that they went b'Neshef (at the beginning of the night)?
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Malbim: This was to fulfill Elisha's prophecy "ka'Es Machar" (like this time, tomorrow). Had they waited until morning, until they would tell Beis ha'Melech [and they would send men on horses to check
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Presumably, the men went when it first became light. They were concerned for an ambush, and one cannot see well at night. (PF)
