2 Kings 4:37

2 Kings 4:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
• New International Version (NIV)She came in, fell at his feet and bowed to the ground. Then she took her son and went out.
• English Standard Version (ESV)She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground; then she picked up her son and went out.

Context of 2 Kings 4:37

35Then he returned and walked in the house once back and forth, and went up [again] and stretched himself out on him; and the boy sneezed seven times and he opened his eyes. 36Then Elisha called Gehazi and said, “Call this Shunammite.” So he called her. And when she came to him, he said, “Pick up your son.” She came and fell at his feet, bowing herself to the ground [in respect and gratitude]. Then she picked up her son and left. 38Elisha came back to Gilgal during a famine in the land. The sons of the prophets were sitting before him, and he said to his servant, “Put on the large pot and cook stew for the sons of the prophets.” 39Then one [of them] went into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine and gathered from it a lapful of wild gourds, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew, although they did not know what they were.

2 Kings 4:37 word by word

וַתָּבֹא֙ וַתִּפֹּ֣ל עַל־רַגְלָ֔יו וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ אָ֑רְצָה וַתִּשָּׂ֥א אֶת־בְּנָ֖הּ וַתֵּצֵֽא׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then she went inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• and fellנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• at his feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• and bowedשָׁחָהshâchâh · to bowH7812
• herself to the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• and took upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• her sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and went outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318

Cross-references for 2 Kings 4:37

• 2 Kings 4:27When she came to the mountain to the man of God, she took hold of his feet. Gehazi approached to push her away; but the man of God said, “Let her alone, for her soul is desperate and troubled within her; and the Lord has hidden the reason from me and has not told me.”
• 2 Kings 2:15When the sons of the prophets who were [watching] opposite at Jericho saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him [in respect].
• 1 Kings 17:24Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”

Commentaries on 2 Kings 4:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37She went in and fell at his feet - Few can enter into the feelings of this noble woman. What suspense must she have felt during the time that the prophet was employed in the slow process referred to above! for slow in its own nature it must have been, and exceedingly exhausting to the prophet himself.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 18-37Verses 18-37 Here is the sudden death of the child. All the mother's tenderness cannot keep alive a child of promise, a child of prayer, one given in love. But how admirably does the prudent, pious mother, guard her lips under this sudden affliction! Not one peevish word escapes from her. Such confidence had she of God's goodness, that she was ready to believe that he would restore what he had now taken away. O woman, great is thy faith! He that wrought…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36-37Once more, Gehazi called the woman (2 Kings 4:12, 15), and she fell at Elisha’s feet (2 Kings 4:27), this time filled with gratitude instead of sorrow.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 4:37

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Dead (People)
• Elisha
• Miracles
• Shunammite
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Aside
• Careful
• Carmel
• Desire
• Shunem
• Adoration
• Attitudes
• Daniel, Book of
• Elisha
• Gehazi

Commentaries on 2 Kings 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings