John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 6:13-23
Here is, 1. The great force which the king of Syria sent to seize Elisha. He found out where he was, at Dothan (2 Kgs. 6:13), which was not far from Samaria; thither he sent a great host, who were to come upon him by night, and to bring him dead or alive, 2 Kgs. 6:14. Perhaps he had heard that when only one captain and his fifty men were sent to take Elijah they were baffled in the attempt, and therefore he sent an army against Elisha, as if the fire from heaven that consumed fifty men could... read more