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Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

2 Koningen 6:17

En Eliza bad en zeide: Heer, open zijn ogen, opdat hij zie. En de Heer opende de ogen van den knecht; zodat hij zag, hoe daar het gebergte vol paarden en wagens van vuur was, rondom Eliza.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (a Spirit);   Armies;   Chariot;   Clairvoyance;   Dothan;   Elisha;   Israel;   Joram;   Miracles;   Prayer;   Prophets;   Samaria;   Vision;   Scofield Reference Index - Bible Prayers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ancient Heroes;   Battle of Life;   Blindness-Vision;   Elisha;   Eyes Opened;   Heroes, Ancient;   Israel;   Protection, Divine;   Seven;   Vision;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Chariots;   Eye, the;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ben-Hadad;   Horses;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Prophet, Prophetess, Prophecy;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Angel;   Chariot;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Angels;   Dothan;   Hagar;   Jacob;   Legion;   Michael;   Prayer;   Seraphim;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ben-Hadad;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Angel;   Dothan;   Host of Heaven;   Jehoram;   Lord of Hosts;   Prayer;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Samaria;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Angels (2);   Observation;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Chariot;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elisha;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fire;   Intercession;   Jehoash;   Writing;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Couch;   Names of God;  

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
En Elisa bad en sprak: Heer, open hem toch de ogen, opdat hij zie. Toen opende de Heer den knecht de ogen, dat hij zag; en zie, toen was de berg vol vurige paarden en wagens rondom Elisa.
Staten Vertaling
En Elisa bad, en zeide: HEERE, open toch zijn ogen, dat hij zie! En de HEERE opende de ogen van den jongen, dat hij zag; en ziet, de berg was vol vurige paarden en wagenen rondom Elisa.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

prayed: Psalms 91:15, James 5:16-18

open his eyes: 2 Kings 6:18-20, Psalms 119:18, Isaiah 42:7, Acts 26:18, Ephesians 1:18, Revelation 3:7

full of horses: 2 Kings 2:11, Psalms 34:7, Psalms 68:17, Psalms 91:11, Psalms 104:3, Ezekiel 1:13-16, Zechariah 1:8, Zechariah 6:1-7, Matthew 26:53, Hebrews 1:14, Revelation 19:11, Revelation 19:14

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:19 - General Genesis 32:2 - God's Numbers 22:23 - the ass saw Numbers 22:31 - opened 2 Kings 4:33 - prayed 2 Kings 6:20 - open the eyes 2 Kings 8:4 - all the great 1 Chronicles 21:16 - saw the angel 2 Chronicles 20:22 - to sing and to Psalms 104:4 - ministers Song of Solomon 3:7 - threescore Daniel 10:7 - alone Hosea 9:8 - with Matthew 18:10 - their Acts 9:8 - he saw Hebrews 1:7 - Who

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see,.... Not the eyes of his body, which were not shut nor blinded, but the eyes of his mind; or, in other words, grant him a vision, represented in so strong a light, as to remove his fears:

and the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw; he had a vision of angels:

and, behold, the mountain; on which the city was built, or one near it:

was full of horses and chariots of fire; angels in this form, as in 2 Kings 2:11, and these were

round about Elisha; being round about the city where he was; or rather so in the vision it was represented to the young man, he saw his master surrounded with horses and chariots of fire, in the utmost safety.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 6:17. Lord - open his eyes — Where is heaven? Is it not above, beneath, around us? And were our eyes open as were those of the prophet's servant, we should see the heavenly host in all directions. The horses and chariots of fire were there, before the eyes of Elisha's servant were opened.


 
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