2 Kings 6:14 (LSB)

Passage

So he sent horses and chariots and a heavy military force there, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

Nearby Context

2 Kings 6:12 And one of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”

2 Kings 6:13 So he said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and take him.” And it was told to him, saying, “Behold, he is in Dothan.”

2 Kings 6:14 So he sent horses and chariots and a heavy military force there, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

2 Kings 6:15 Then the attendant of the man of God arose early and went out, and behold, a military force with horses and chariots was all around the city. And his young man said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?”

2 Kings 6:16 So he said, “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sent", "horses", "chariots", "heavy", "military", "force", "came", and "night". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sent" and "horses", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "So he said Go and see where..." into verse 15's "Then the attendant of the man of...", so "sent" and "horses" 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 "sent" and "horses" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.