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2 Re 6:17

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17 Ed Eliseo pregò e disse: "O Eterno, ti prego, aprigli gli occhi, affinché vegga!" E l’Eterno aperse gli occhi del servo, che vide a un tratto il monte pieno di cavalli e di carri di fuoco intorno ad Eliseo.

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2 Re 6:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 6:17

And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes,
that he may see
Not the eyes of his body, which were not shut nor blinded, but the eyes of his mind; or, in other words, grant him a vision, represented in so strong a light, as to remove his fears:

and the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw;
he had a vision of angels:

and, behold, the mountain;
on which the city was built, or one near it:

was full of horses and chariots of fire;
angels in this form, as in ( 2 Kings 2:11 ) , and these were

round about Elisha;
being round about the city where he was; or rather so in the vision it was represented to the young man, he saw his master surrounded with horses and chariots of fire, in the utmost safety.

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2 Re 6:17 In-Context

15 Il servitore dell’uomo di Dio, alzatosi di buon mattino, uscì fuori, ed ecco che un gran numero di soldati con cavalli e carri accerchiava la città. E il servo disse all’uomo di Dio: "Ah, signor mio, come faremo?"
16 Quegli rispose: "Non temere, perché quelli che son con noi son più numerosi di quelli che son con loro".
17 Ed Eliseo pregò e disse: "O Eterno, ti prego, aprigli gli occhi, affinché vegga!" E l’Eterno aperse gli occhi del servo, che vide a un tratto il monte pieno di cavalli e di carri di fuoco intorno ad Eliseo.
18 E come i Siri scendevano verso Eliseo, questi pregò l’Eterno e disse: "Ti prego, accieca cotesta gente!" E l’Eterno l’accecò, secondo la parola d’Eliseo.
19 Allora Eliseo disse loro: "Non è questa la strada, e non è questa la città; venitemi appresso ed io vi condurrò all’uomo che voi cercate". E li menò a Samaria.
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