6:18a As the Arameans came down against him,

The Aramean army started to come down ⌊the hillside⌋ toward Elisha.

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Then the Aramean soldiers began to advance toward Elisha.

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The Aramean/Syrian soldiers moved forward ⌊to capture/arrest⌋ Elisha.

6:18b Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.”

Elisha prayed to Yahweh, “Please make this army blind.”

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Elisha said to Yahweh, “Yahweh, please cause these soldiers to become blind right now!”

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The prophet prayed again to Yahweh. He asked him to make all those soldiers blind.

6:18c So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.

So Yahweh made the army blind, just as Elisha had prayed.

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Yahweh answered Elisha’s prayer/request and caused the men to become blind.

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Yahweh answered the prayer of Elisha. Suddenly ⌊none of⌋ the ⌊enemy⌋ soldiers could see anything.

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