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Interpretive illustration of an army approaching the city of Dothan by night.

Dothan · 2 Kings 6:14–17

Open
his eyes.

A surrounded city. A frightened servant.
A prayer that changes what he sees.

Begin the story
Five moments · Your paceInterpretive illustration

Surrounded

They came
by night.

The king of Syria sends an army to Dothan, where Elisha is staying. Horses. Chariots. A city encircled before morning.

“They came by night and surrounded the city.”

2 Kings 6:14 · WEB
Interpretive illustration of Dothan encircled by an army with horses and chariots, beneath the surrounding mountains.
The city encircled2 Kings 6:14–15 · Interpretive illustration
Interpretive portrait of Elisha’s young servant looking toward the surrounding army in fear.
The servant · Interpretive illustration

Afraid

Elisha’s servant rises early and goes outside. He sees the army. He has a question.

“Alas, my master!
What shall we do?”

2 Kings 6:15 · WEB

Elisha answers

“Don’t be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

2 Kings 6:16 · WEB

The prayer

Interpretive illustration of Elisha praying beside his servant before the young man’s eyes are opened.
The prayer for sight · Interpretive illustration

Then Elisha prays.

“Yahweh, please
open his eyes,
that he may see.”

2 Kings 6:17 · WEB

The prayer is for sight.

Look again

Eyes opened

The same mountain.
Another sight.

Stay with this landscape. See what the servant sees next.

Before: Dothan surrounded by a human army, with the mountain dim beyond it.
What he first saw
The same city, army, and mountain, now with luminous horses and chariots of fire filling the ridge around Elisha. Interpretive illustration.
What he saw next

Two complete views of the same landscape, before and after the servant’s eyes are opened. Interpretive illustration · 2 Kings 6:17.

The text says

“Yahweh opened the young man’s eyes, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.”

2 Kings 6:17 · WEB

Reflection

What changed
was his seeing.

The army is still there. The mountain is the same. The servant’s first view was real, but it was not all there was to see.

Interpretive illustration of Elisha and his servant standing calmly together in the first light after the revelation.
After his eyes were opened · Interpretive illustration

What did the first view leave out?

The story & the illustration

This is an interpretive illustration of 2 Kings 6:14–17. The text describes horses and chariots of fire; it does not assign them an angelic rank. The landscape, clothing, and appearance of the fiery host are artistic choices.

Read 2 Kings 6 in context
Read the passage2 Kings 6:14–17 · WEB

World English Bible (WEB)

14Therefore he sent horses, chariots, and a great army there. They came by night and surrounded the city.

15When 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?”

16He answered, “Don’t be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

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.

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