15 Early the next morning, Elisha’s servant got up and went outside the house. He saw the soldiers of Syria with their horses and chariots surrounding the town. So he went inside the house and reported it to Elisha and exclaimed, "O, sir! What are we going to do?"

16 Elisha replied, "Do not be afraid! Those who will be helping us will be more than those who will be helping them!"

17 Then he prayed, "Yahweh, I request that you open my servant’s eyes in order that he can see what is out there!" So Yahweh enabled the servant to look out and see that surrounding the hill on which the town was built was a huge number of horses, and chariots made of fire!