2 Kings 6:15 (DRB)

Passage

And the servant of the man of God, rising early went out, and saw an army round about the city, and horses and chariots: and he told him, saying: Alas, alas, alas, my lord, what shall we do?

Nearby Context

2 Kings 6:13 And he said to them: Go, and see where he is: that I may send and take him. And they told him: saying: Behold he is in Dothan.

2 Kings 6:14 Therefore, he sent thither horses, and chariots, and the strength of an army: and they came by night, and beset the city.

2 Kings 6:15 And the servant of the man of God, rising early went out, and saw an army round about the city, and horses and chariots: and he told him, saying: Alas, alas, alas, my lord, what shall we do?

2 Kings 6:16 But he answered: Fear not: for there are more with us than with them.

2 Kings 6:17 And Eliseus prayed, and said: Lord, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the servant, and he saw: and behold, the mountain was full of horses, and chariots of fire round about Eliseus.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "servant", "rising", "early", "went", "army", "round", "city", and "horses". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "servant" and "rising", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "Therefore he sent thither horses and chariots..." into verse 16's "But he answered Fear not for there...", so "servant" and "rising" belong inside that flow. In 2 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "servant" and "rising" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.