World English Bible
2 Kings 6:16
“He answered, "Don't be afraid; for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
Verse in context — 2 Kings 6
Therefore he sent horses, chariots, and a great army there. They came by night, and surrounded the city.
When the servant of the man of God had risen early, and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. His servant said to him, "Alas, my master! What shall we do?
He answered, "Don't be afraid; for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.
Elisha prayed, and said, "Yahweh, please open his eyes, that he may see." Yahweh opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.
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 the word of Elisha.
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The decline of both kingdoms, leading to exile in Assyria and Babylon.
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