2 Kings 6:8–17

Horses and Chariots of Fire Around Elisha

⁸Now the king of Aram was warring against Israel; and he ¹counseled with his servants saying, “In such and such a place shall be my camp.”

^9aAnd the man of God sent word to the king of Israel saying, “Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Arameans are coming down there.”

¹⁰And the king of Israel sent to the place about which the man of God had told him; thus he warned him, so that he guarded himself there, ¹more than once or twice.

¹¹Then the heart of the king of Aram was enraged over this thing; and he called his servants and said to them, “Will you not tell me which of us is for the king of Israel?”

¹²And one of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”

¹³So he said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and take him.” And it was told to him, saying, “Behold, he is in ^aDothan.”

¹⁴So he sent horses and chariots and a heavy military force there, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

¹⁵Then the attendant of the man of God arose early and went out, and behold, a military force with horses and chariots was all around the city. And his young man said to him, “Alas, my master! ¹What shall we do?”

¹⁶So he said, “^aDo not fear, for ^bthose who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

¹⁷Then Elisha prayed and said, “^aO Yahweh, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And Yahweh opened the eyes of the young man and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of ^bhorses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.