Berean Standard Bible
2 Kings 4:23-42
23“WhyH4069 would youH859 goH1980 to himH413 todayH3117?” he repliedH559. “It is notH3808 a New MoonH2320 or a SabbathH7676.”
“Everything is all rightH7965,” she saidH559.
24Then she saddledH2280 the donkeyH860 and toldH559H413 her servantH5288, “DriveH5090 onwardH1980; do notH408 slowH6113 the paceH7392 for me unlessH518 I tellH559 you.” 25So she set outH1980 and wentH935 toH413 the manH376 of GodH430 atH413 MountH2022 CarmelH3760H1961.
When the manH376 of GodH430 sawH7200 herH853 at a distanceH5048, he saidH559 toH413 his servantH5288 GehaziH1522, “LookH2009, there isH1975 the Shunammite womanH7767. 26PleaseH4994 run outH7323 nowH6258 to meet herH7122 and askH559, ‘Are you all rightH7965? Is your husbandH376 all rightH7965? Is your childH3206 all rightH7965?’”
And she answeredH559, “Everything is all rightH7965.”
27When she reachedH935H413 the manH376 of GodH430 atH413 the mountainH2022, she clungH2388 to his feetH7272. GehaziH1522 came overH5066 to push her awayH1920, but the manH376 of GodH430 saidH559, “Leave her aloneH7503, forH3588 her soulH5315 is in deep distressH4843, and the LORDH3068 has hiddenH5956 it from meH4480 and has notH3808 toldH5046 me.”
28Then she saidH559, “Did I ask youH7592 for a sonH1121H854, my lordH113? Didn’tH3808 I sayH559, ‘Do notH3808 deceive meH7952?’”
29So Elisha saidH559 to GehaziH1522, “Tie upH2296 your garmentH4975,1 takeH3947 my staffH4938 in your handH3027, and goH1980! IfH3588 you meetH4672 anyoneH376, do notH3808 greet himH1288, and ifH3588 anyoneH376 greets youH1288, do notH3808 answer himH6030. Then layH7760 my staffH4938 onH5921 the boy’sH5288 faceH6440.”
30And the motherH517 of the boyH5288 saidH559, “As surely as the LORDH3068 livesH2416 and as you yourselfH5315 liveH2416, I will notH518 leave youH5800.” So he got upH6965 and followedH1980 herH310.
31GehaziH1522 went onH5674 ahead of themH6440 and laidH7760 the staffH4938 onH5921 the boy’sH5288 faceH6440, but there was noH369 soundH6963 or responseH7182. So he went backH7725 to meetH7122 Elisha and toldH5046 himH559, “The boyH5288 has notH3808 awakenedH6974.”
32When ElishaH477 reachedH935 the houseH1004, there wasH2009 the boyH5288 lyingH7901 deadH4191 onH5921 his bedH4296. 33So he went inH935, closedH5462 the doorH1817 behindH1157 the two of themH8147, and prayedH6419 toH413 the LORDH3068.
34Then Elisha got on the bedH5927 and layH7901 onH5921 the boyH3206, mouthH6310 toH5921 mouthH6310, eyeH5869 toH5921 eyeH5869, and handH3709 toH5921 handH3709. As he stretched himself outH1457 over himH5921, the boy’sH3206 bodyH1320 became warmH2552. 35Elisha turned awayH7725 and pacedH1980 back and forthH259H2008 across the roomH1004. Then he got on the bedH5927 and stretched himself outH1457 over the boy againH5921, and the boyH5288H5704 sneezedH2237 sevenH7651 timesH6471 and openedH6491H5288 his eyesH5869.
36Elisha summonedH7121H413 GehaziH1522 and saidH559, “CallH7121 theH2063 Shunammite womanH7767.” So he called herH7121H413 and she cameH935H413.
Then Elisha saidH559, “Pick upH5375 your sonH1121.”
37She came inH935, fellH5307 atH5921 his feetH7272, and bowedH7812 to the groundH776. Then she picked upH5375 her sonH1121 and went outH3318.
38When ElishaH477 returnedH7725 to GilgalH1537, there was a famineH7458 in the landH776. As the sonsH1121 of the prophetsH5030 were sittingH3427 at his feetH6440, he saidH559 to his attendantH5288, “Put onH8239 the largeH1419 potH5518 and boilH1310 some stewH5138 for the sonsH1121 of the prophetsH5030.”
39OneH259 of them went outH3318 toH413 the fieldH7704 to gatherH3950 herbsH219, and he foundH4672 a wildH7704 vineH1612 fromH4480 which he gatheredH3950 as many wildH7704H4393 gourdsH6498 as his garmentH899 could hold. Then he came backH935 and cut them upH6398 intoH413 the potH5518 of stewH5138, thoughH3588 no oneH3808 knewH3045 what they were.
40And they poured it outH3332 for the menH582 to eatH398H1961, but when they tastedH398 the stewH5138 theyH1992 cried outH6817H559, “There is deathH4194 in the potH5518, O manH376 of GodH430!” And they could notH3808H3201 eatH398 it.
41Then Elisha saidH559, “GetH3947 some flourH7058.” He threwH7993 it intoH413 the potH5518 and saidH559, “Pour it outH3332 for the peopleH5971 to eatH398.” And there wasH1961 nothingH3808H1697 harmfulH7451 in the potH5518.
42Now a manH376 from Baal-shalishahH1190H935 cameH935 to the manH376 of GodH430 with a sackH6861 of twentyH6242 loavesH3899 of barleyH8184 breadH3899 from the firstH1061 ripe grainH3759.
“GiveH5414 it to the peopleH5971 to eatH398,” said ElishaH559.
Notes
- 1. 2 Kings 4:29 Literally Gird up your loins ↩
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
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