And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see,.... So as to know where they were:
and the Lord opened their eyes, and…
Barnes' Notes
They came down to him - The Syrians, who had been encamped on rising ground opposite the hill of Dothan, now descended and drew near to the city. The blindness with which they were smitten was not…
Adam Clarke
Smite this people - with blindness - Confound their sight so that they may not know what they see, and so mistake one place for another.
Here is, 1. The great force which the king of Syria sent to seize Elisha. He found out where he was, at Dothan (Kg2 6:13), which was not far from Samaria; thither he sent a great host, who were to…
Cambridge Bible
And when they came down to him As the words stand, -they" must refer to the Syrian troops, and to understand the sentence we must suppose that Elisha and his servant, the latter encouraged by the…
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