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Catholic 1849 · Haydock’s Catholic Bible Commentary, 4 Kings (DR) 6:17

George Leo Haydock, on 2Kgs 6:17

George Leo Haydock · 1774–1849
2Kgs 6:17 · Douay-Rheims
“And Eliseus prayed, and said: Lord, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the servant, and he saw: and behold the mountain was full of horses, and chariots of fire round about Eliseus.”
On this verse:
“Of fire. The angels assumed such a glorious and terrible appearance. One of them would have sufficed to destroy all the army of Syria; and thus the servant might be convinced how vain were all attempts against God’s servants, Psalm cxliv. 19. (Salien, the year before Christ 907.) Jacob beheld such camps of angels, (Genesis xxxii. 1, 2.) and our Saviour speaks of the legions which he could have brought forward, Matthew xxvi. 53. (Calmet)”

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