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2 Kings 6:18

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When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please strike this people with blindness.”
He struck them with blindness according to Elishah’s word.

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2 Kings 6:18 in other translations

And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.

2 Kings 6:18 · American Standard Version

2 Kings 6:18 in context

  1. 16He answered, “Don’t be afraid; for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
  2. 17Elisha prayed, and said, “Yahweh, please open his eyes, that he may see.” Yahweh opened the young man’s eyes; and he saw: and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.
  3. 18When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please strike this people with blindness.”
    He struck them with blindness according to Elishah’s word.
  4. 19Elisha said to them, “This is not the way, neither is this the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek.” He led them to Samaria.
  5. 20When they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, “Yahweh, open these men’s eyes, that they may see.”
    Yahweh opened their eyes, and they saw; and behold, they were in the middle of Samaria.