And Sha’ul arose from the ground, but when his eyes were opened he saw no one. And leading him by the hand they brought him into Dammeseq.
And he and his servants divided against them by night, and struck them and pursued them as far as Ḥoḇah, which is on the left of Dammeseq.
Then they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, and they wearied themselves to find the door.
And יהוה said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, יהוה?
And now, see, the hand of יהוה is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And instantly a dark mist fell on him, and he went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
“And as I could not see because of the esteem of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Dammeseq.
And immediately there fell from his eyes, as it were scales, and he received his sight. And rising up, he was immersed.
And he was three days without sight, and did not eat nor drink.
In Dammeseq the governor, under Aretas the sovereign, was guarding the city of the Dammasqiyim, wishing to seize me,
neither did I go up to Yerushalayim, to those who were emissaries before me. But I went to Araḇia, and returned again to Dammeseq.