2 Kings 6:15 (WEB)
When the servant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. His servant said to him, “Alas, my master! What shall we do?”
Fathers and councils · 2
Athanasius of Alexandria
“As also Elisha, when he thought he was alone in the wilderness, was with companies of angels; so in this case, though the people were at first afflicted and in the wilderness, yet those who remained faithful afterwards entered the land of promise.” — editor's note: The reference is to 2 Kings vi. 13–17, though ‘the wilderness’ agrees better with the history of Elijah, 1 Kings xix. 4–8.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Then saw they Elisha, whom they were endeavouring to lay hold of, and seeing him they could not hold him fast.” — editor's note: 2 [4] Kings vi. 8–23.
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