3. One said, Be pleased to go with your servants. He answered, I will go.
4. So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees.
5. But as one was felling his beam, the axhead fell into the water; and he cried, Alas, my master, for it was borrowed!
6. The man of God said, Where did it fall? When shown the place, Elisha cut off a stick and threw it in there, and the iron floated.
7. He said, Pick it up. And he put out his hand and took it.
8. When the king of Syria was warring against Israel, after counseling with his servants, he said, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
9. Then the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you pass not such a place, for the Syrians are coming down there.
10. Then the king of Israel sent to the place of which [Elisha] told and warned him; and thus he protected and saved himself there repeatedly.
11. Therefore the mind of the king of Syria was greatly troubled by this thing. He called his servants and said, Will you show me who of us is for the king of Israel?
12. One of his servants said, None, my lord O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedchamber.
13. He said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and seize him. And it was told him, He is in Dothan.
14. So [the Syrian king] sent there horses, chariots, and a great army. They came by night and surrounded the city.
15. When the servant of the man of God rose early and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. Elisha's servant said to him, Alas, my master! What shall we do?
16. [Elisha] answered, Fear not; for those with us are more than those with them.
17. Then Elisha prayed, Lord, I pray You, open his eyes that he may see. And the Lord opened the young man's eyes, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
18. And when the Syrians came down to him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, Smite this people with blindness, I pray You. And God smote them with blindness, as Elisha asked.
19. Elisha said to the Syrians, This is not the way or the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek. And he led them to Samaria.
20. And when they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, Lord, open the eyes of these men that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw. Behold, they were in the midst of Samaria!
21. When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, My father, shall I slay them? Shall I slay them?