They came down to him: The Syrians, who had been encamped on the high ground opposite the hill of Dothan, now descended and drew near to the…

And when they came down to him. —This would mean that the Syrians came down to Elisha. But the prophet was, to begin with…

In all this—though I grant you it seems like a stratagem—Elisha spoke neither more nor less than the truth. Dothan was not his city; Samaria was th…

And when they came down to him
The Syrian army, from the hill on which they were first seen, who came down from ther…

What Elisha said to his servant is spoken to all the faithful servants of God, when conflicts are without and fears are within. Do not fear with th…