He said, “Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
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
And when they came down to him,.... The Syrian army, from the hill on which they were first seen, who came down from thence to the bottom of the hill on which the city stood; and whither Elisha came out, in order both to meet them, and proceed on his journey to Samaria: Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and said, smite this people, I pray...
And he answered, Fear not: for they that [be] with us [are] more than they that [be] with them. (g) For he was assured of God's help, and that millions of angels camped about the godly to deliver them.