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There is an ax handle that floats, an individual who is unable to see at first, \u201cthe hills all around Elisha covered with horses and chariots of fire,\u201d (v.17)\u00a0 and an army that is blinded and then allowed to see again. There is also the scene later in the chapter, while not wondrous but not what the reader might expect, when prisoners of war are treated well, given a feast, and allowed to return to their homes. The outcome of this magnanimous action by the King of Israel under the sage advice of Elisha was that, \u201cthe Aramean bands stopped invading the Land of Israel.\u201d(v.23)<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The phrase <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chariots of Fire<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (v.17) is also the name of the 1982 Academy Award winning film. The movie focuses on Harold Abrahamson and Eric Liddell and the 1924 Olympics. The title of the movie was taken from the popular British hymn, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jerusalem, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0which is sung at the end of the film. 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The King of Aram is waging war against the King and people of Israel. As conditions worsen, the King of Aram realizes that his secret plans are consistently revealed (and foiled) by the prophet of God, Elisha. So he sends chariots and horses and a large army to stop him. As soon as Elisha\u2019s attendant hears of this approaching power, he responds with terror. 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It is told that Serah, the daughter of Asher, survived from that generation, and she showed Moses the grave of Joseph. She said to him. \"The Egyptians put him in a metal coffin which they sunk into the Nile.\" So Moses went and stood by the Nile. He took a tablet of gold on which he engraved the Tetragrammaton, and throwing it into the Nile, he cried out and said, \"Joseph, son of Jacob! The oath to redeem His children which God swore to our father Abraham has reached its fulfillment. If you come up, well and good. But if not, we shall be guiltless of your oath.\" Immediately, Joseph's coffin came to the surface and Moses took it.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And you need not be surprised at this. Behold it says, \"As one was cutting down a tree.... And the man of God said, 'Where did it fall?'\" (II Kings 6:5-6). 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Stand by, and witness the deliverance which the Lord will work for you today\" (Ex. 13:12).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same pattern and language is manifest in the very next story of our chapter. The king of Aram sends a force of \"horses and chariots....\" Elisha's assistant sees the horses and chariots and cries out. Elisha responds, \"Have no fear! Those who are with us are more than those who are with them\" (II Kings 6:14-16).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In both stories we see an attack of horses and chariots, a cry of fright, a reassurance by the prophet, and miraculous salvation which eliminates the military threat. The intertextual connection is not merely the miraculous raising of metallic objects from a riverbed. 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But even given that, there are some commonalities in these uncommon actions. Each miracle is done with a prop, with an additional object: a stick to throw into the water, flour, salt\u2026.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>To see and not to see<\/em>. When the army of Aram besieges Dothan to catch Elisha, he prays twice. Once, so that his servant will be able to see the real strength of each side: \u201cAnd the LORD opened the servant\u2019s eyes and he saw the hills all around Elisha covered with horses and chariots of fire\u201d (17), and a second time so that the Arameans would not be able to see the reality: \u201cPlease strike this people with a blinding light\u201d (18).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Cynicism and despair.<\/em> The king of Israel responds with bitter cynicism\u00a0 to the plea for help from the desperate woman: \u201cHelp me, Your Majesty!\u201d But when he hears her horrifying story, the cynicism gives way to deep mourning (see verses 26-27).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>A tense relationship<\/em>. Why does the king see Elisha as responsible for the situation? Even before the king\u2019s messengers arrive, Elisha knows that \u201cthat murderer has sent someone to cut off my head!\u201d (32). The enmity between the two is reminiscent of the previous generation: Ahab and Elijah. 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