Lièwángjìxià 6:18

18 Dírén xià dào Yǐlìshā nàli , Yǐlìshā dǎogào Yēhéhuá shuō , qiú nǐ shǐ zhèxie rén de yǎnmù hūn mí . Yēhéhuá jiù zhào Yǐlìshā de huà , shǐ tāmende yǎnmù hūn mí .

Lièwángjìxià 6:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 6:18

And when they came down to him
The Syrian army, from the hill on which they were first seen, who came down from thence to the bottom of the hill on which the city stood; and whither Elisha came out, in order both to meet them, and proceed on his journey to Samaria:

Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and said, smite this people, I pray thee,
with blindness;
or "blindnesses" ^F7; with great blindness, such as the men of Sodom were smitten with; the same word is here used as of them, ( Genesis 19:11 )

and he smote them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha;
not in such manner that they could discern no object, for then they could not have followed Elisha; but their sight was so altered, that they knew not the objects they saw; they appeared quite otherwise to them than they were; they saw the city, but knew it not to be the same, and Elisha, but knew him not to be the man of God, though they might have some in the host that knew him personally.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (Myrwnob) "in caecitatibus", Pagninus, Montanus

Lièwángjìxià 6:18 In-Context

16 Shén rén shuō , búyào jùpà . yǔ wǒmen tóng zaì de bǐ yǔ tāmen tóng zaì de gèng duō .

17 Yǐlìshā dǎogào shuō , Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ kāi zhè shàonián rén de yǎnmù , shǐ tā néng kànjian . Yēhéhuá kāi tāde yǎnmù , tā jiù kànjian mǎn shān yǒu huǒchē huǒ mǎ wéirǎo Yǐlìshā .

18 Dírén xià dào Yǐlìshā nàli , Yǐlìshā dǎogào Yēhéhuá shuō , qiú nǐ shǐ zhèxie rén de yǎnmù hūn mí . Yēhéhuá jiù zhào Yǐlìshā de huà , shǐ tāmende yǎnmù hūn mí .

19 Yǐlìshā duì tāmen shuō , zhè bú shì nà dào , yĕ bú shì nà chéng . nǐmen gēn wǒ qù , wǒ bì lǐng nǐmen dào suǒ xúnzhǎo de rén nàli . yúshì lǐng tāmen dào le sǎ Mǎlìyà .

20 Tāmen jìn le sǎ Mǎlìyà , Yǐlìshā dǎogào shuō , Yēhéhuá a , qiú nǐ kāi zhèxie rén de yǎnmù , shǐ tāmen néng kànjian . Yēhéhuá kāi tāmende yǎnmù , tāmen jiù kànjian le , búliào , shì zaì sǎ Mǎlìyà de chéng zhōng .