2 Kings 6:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Open his eyes

Full of horses

General references

Genesis 21:19

Leviticus 25:20

2 Kings 2:11

Bible References

Open his eyes

When the army approached him, Elisha spoke to the LORD, asking him, "LORD, I'm asking you please to afflict this group of people with blindness!" So he afflicted them with blindness, just as Elisha had asked.

Open my eyes so that I will observe amazing things from your instruction.

to open blind eyes and to bring out those who are bound from their cells, and those sitting in darkness from prison.

You will help them understand and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that their sins will be forgiven and they will receive a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

Then, with the eyes of your hearts enlightened, you will know the confidence that is produced by God having called you, the rich glory that is his inheritance among the saints,

"To the messenger of the church in Philadelphia, write: "The one who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens a door that no one can shut, and who shuts a door that no one can open, "says this:

Full of horses

As they continued on, talking as they went, suddenly chariots blazing with fire and pulled by fiery horses appeared, separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a wind storm to heaven!

The angel of the LORD surrounds those who fear him, and he delivers them.

God's chariots were many thousands. The Lord was there with them at Sinai in holiness.

for he will command his angels to protect you in all your ways.

He lays the beams of his roof loft on the water above, making clouds his chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

Now, in the midst of the living beings there was something that appeared to glow like coals kindled by a fire, like torches that moved back and forth between the living beings. The fire was dazzling, and lightning flashed from the fire.

"I stared into the night, and there was a man mounted on a red horse! The horse was standing among the myrtle trees in a ravine. Behind him there were red, brown, and white horses."

Then I looked up and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains! And the mountains were made of brass!

Don't you think that I could call on my Father, and he would send me more than twelve legions of angels now?

All of them are spirits on a divine mission, sent to serve those who are about to inherit salvation, aren't they?

Then I saw heaven standing open, and there was a white horse! Its rider is named Faithful and True. He administers justice and wages war righteously.

General references

Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went, filled the skin with water, and gave the boy a drink.

"Now if you ask, "What will we eat during the seventh year? After all, we may not plant or even gather our produce!'

As they continued on, talking as they went, suddenly chariots blazing with fire and pulled by fiery horses appeared, separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a wind storm to heaven!