¹⁷ Then Elisha prayed and said, “^(A)Lord, please, open his eyes so that he may see.” And the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of ^(B)horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. ¹⁸ And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the Lord and said, “Please strike this ^[a]people with blindness.” So He ^(C)struck them with blindness in accordance with the word of Elisha.