And he said, “Go and see where he is, that I may send and seize him.” It was told him, “Behold, he is in Dothan.”
Here is, 1. The great force which the king of Syria sent to seize Elisha. He found out where he was, at Dothan (Kg2 6:13), which was not far from Samaria; thither he sent a great host, who were to come upon him by night, and to bring him dead or alive, Kg2 6:14.
Commenting on 2 Kings 6:13-23
Therefore sent he thither horses and chariots, and a great host,.... To terrify the inhabitants from attempting to defend the prophet, but deliver him up at once: and they came by night; that they might come upon them unawares, and their design not be discovered, so as to have timely help from Samaria, which was not far off: and compassed the city about; that the...
Dothan--or, "Dothaim," a little north of Samaria (see on Gen 37:17).