2 Kings 4:12

2 Kings 4:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
• New International Version (NIV)He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call the Shunammite.” So he called her, and she stood before him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." When he had called her, she stood before him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite woman.” When he had called her, she stood before him.

Context of 2 Kings 4:12

10Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.” 11One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down. And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him, 13and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied. 14So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”

2 Kings 4:12 word by word

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־גֵּחֲזִ֣י נַעֲר֔וֹ קְרָ֖א לַשּׁוּנַמִּ֣ית הַזֹּ֑את וַיִּקְרָא־לָ֔הּ וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד לְפָנָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Gehaziגֵּיחֲזִיgêychăzîy gêchăzîy · GehaziH1522
• his servantנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
• Callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• theזֹאתzô'th · thisH2063
• Shunammite womanשׁוּנַמִּיתshûnammîyth · ShunammiteH7767
• she stoodעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• before himפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440

Cross-references for 2 Kings 4:12

• 2 Kings 4:29So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
• 2 Kings 5:20Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
• 2 Kings 8:4Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”
• 2 Kings 3:11But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”
• 1 Kings 18:43“Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”
• 1 Kings 19:3And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
• Acts 13:5When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 4:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Gehazi his servant - This is the first time we hear of this very indifferent character.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-17Verses 8-17 Elisha was well thought of by the king of Israel for his late services; a good man can take as much pleasure in serving others, as in raising himself. But the Shunammite needed not any good offices of this kind. It is a happiness to dwell among our own people, that love and respect us, and to whom we are able to do good. It would be well with many, if they did but know when they are really well off. The Lord sees the secret wish which is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-14Elisha wanted to repay his host's kindness. Gehazi his servant: Gehazi was Elisha's apprentice, just as Elisha had been with Elijah (1 Kings 19:21). It was common for a prophet to seek advice from his assistant.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 4:12

• Gehazi
• Influence
• Shunammite
• Women

In the dictionaries

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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