And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes,
that he may see
Not the eyes of his body, which were not shut nor blinded, but the eyes of his mind; or, in other words, grant him a vision, represented in so strong a light, as to remove his fears:
and the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw;
he had a vision of angels:
and, behold, the mountain;
on which the city was built, or one near it:
was full of horses and chariots of fire;
angels in this form, as in ( 2 Kings 2:11 ) , and these were
round about Elisha;
being round about the city where he was; or rather so in the vision it was represented to the young man, he saw his master surrounded with horses and chariots of fire, in the utmost safety.