Naturally the enemy king wanted this man captured.
6:14 So [the Syrian king] sent there #horses, #chariots, and a GREAT ARMY. They came by night and surrounded the city.
6:15 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?
6:16 [Elisha] answered, FEAR NOT; for those with us are more than those with them.
6:17 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.
6:18 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.