¹⁸ As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike this army with blindness.”^(A) So he struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked.

²⁹ So we cooked my son and ate^(A) him. The next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son so we may eat him,’ but she had hidden him.”

³³ While he was still talking to them, the messenger came down to him.

The king said, “This disaster is from the Lord. Why should I wait^(A) for the Lord any longer?”