2 Kings 6:19 (DRB)

Passage

And Eliseus said to them: This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will shew you the man whom you seek. So he led them into Samaria.

Nearby Context

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.

2 Kings 6:18 And the enemies came down to him: but Eliseus prayed to the Lord, saying: Strike, I beseech thee, this people with blindness: and the Lord struck them with blindness, according to the word of Eliseus.

2 Kings 6:19 And Eliseus said to them: This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will shew you the man whom you seek. So he led them into Samaria.

2 Kings 6:20 And when they were come into Samaria, Eliseus said: Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw themselves to be in the midst of Samaria.

2 Kings 6:21 And the king of Israel said to Eliseus, when he saw them: My father, shall I kill them?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "eliseus", "said", "neither", "city", "follow", "shew", "seek", and "samaria". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "eliseus" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "And the enemies came down to him..." into verse 20's "And when they were come into Samaria...", so "eliseus" and "said" 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 "eliseus" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.