2 Kings 6:17 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

And Elisha prayed, and said, Jehovah, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

KJV

And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Open his eyes that he may see - Elisha’s servant lacked the faith of his master. Elisha therefore prays that he may be given a vision of the spiritual world, and see, as if with the bodily eye, the angelic host (marginal references) which he himself knows to be present.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

He saw, &c. - Fire is both dreadful and devouring: that power which was engaged for Elisha, could both terrify and consume the assailants. Elijah gave a specimen of Divine justice, when he called for flames of fire on the heads of his persecutors to consume them. Elisha gives a specimen of Divine mercy, in heaping coals of fire on the heads of his persecutors to melt them.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see--The invisible guard of angels that encompass and defend us (Ps 34:7). The opening of the eyes, which Elisha prayed for, were those of the Spirit, not of the body--the eye of faith sees the reality of the divine presence and protection where all is vacancy or darkness to the ordinary eye.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֤ל	vai.yit.pa.Lel	and he prayed	H6419 →
אֱלִישָׁע֙	'e.li.Sha'	Elisha	H477 →
וַיֹּאמַ֔ר	vai.yo.Mar	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָ֕ה	Yah.weh	O Yahweh	H3068 →
פְּקַח־	pe.kach-	open	H6491 →
נָ֥א	na'	please	H4994 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֵינָ֖יו	'ei.Nav	eyes his	H5869 →
וְיִרְאֶ֑ה	ve.yir.'Eh	so he may see	H7200 →
וַיִּפְקַ֤ח	vai.yif.Kach	and he opened	H6491 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֵינֵ֣י	'ei.Nei	[the] eyes of	H5869 →
הַנַּ֔עַר	ha.Na.'ar	the servant	H5288 →
וַיַּ֗רְא	vai.Yar'	and he saw	H7200 →
וְהִנֵּ֨ה	ve.hi.Neh	and there!	H2009 →
הָהָ֜ר	ha.Har	the hill	H2022 →
מָלֵ֨א	ma.Le'	it was full	H4390 →
סוּסִ֥ים	su.Sim	horses	H5483 →
וְרֶ֛כֶב	ve.Re.khev	and chariotry of	H7393 →
אֵ֖שׁ	'esh	fire	H784 →
סְבִיבֹ֥ת	se.vi.Vot	around	H5439 →
אֱלִישָֽׁע׃	'e.li.Sha'	Elisha	H477 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 34:7
The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
leads to
- Daniel 6:22
  My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 91:11
  For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
- Hebrews 1:14
  Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
- 2 Kings 19:35
  And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the…
Through
Acts 26:18
to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified…
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:9
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Ephesians 1:18
  I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
Through
Hebrews 1:14
Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
leads to
- Psalms 34:7
  The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them.
- Psalms 103:20–21
  Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.