Chapter summary
2 Kings 6 Summary
2 Kings 6 records floating axe heads, Syrian armies blinded, and the famous prayer: «O LORD, please open his eyes» — vivid scenes from Elisha's ministry.
Elisha makes an iron axe head float to recover it. The Syrian king plots against Israel; Elisha repeatedly warns the king. The Syrians surround Dothan to capture him. Elisha's servant panics; Elisha prays, «O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.»
The servant sees the mountains «full of horses and chariots of fire» around Elisha. The story is one of the Bible's most striking scenes of the unseen reality of God's army.
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2 Kings 6:16 ““Do not be afraid,” Elisha answered, “for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”” 2 Kings 6:17 “Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.”
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