2 Kings 6:13-17

13 So he said, "Go and see where he is, that I may send and take him." And it was told him, saying, "Behold, he is in ¹Dothan."

14 He sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

15 Now when the attendant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was circling the city. And his servant said to him, "Alas, my master! What shall we do?"

16 So he answered, "²Do not fear, for ³those who are with us are more than those who are with them."

17 Then Elisha prayed and said, "⁴O LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see." And the LORD opened the servant's eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of ⁵horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

2 Kings 6:13-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 6

In this chapter are recorded other wonders of Elisha, as causing iron to swim, 2Ki 6:1-7 having knowledge of the secret counsels of the king of Syria, which he disclosed to the king of Israel, 2Ki 6:8-12 smiting the Syrian army with blindness sent to take him, and which he led into the midst of Samaria, 2Ki 6:13-23, and the chapter is closed with an account of the siege of Samaria, and a sore famine in it, 2Ki 6:24-33.

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 37:17
• 2. Exodus 14:13
• 3. 2 Chronicles 32:7, 8; Romans 8:31
• 4. 2 Kings 6:20
• 5. 2 Kings 2:11; Psalms 68:17; Zechariah 6:1-7

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "How"
• [b]. Lit "said"