2 Kings 4:36

2 Kings 4:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
• New International Version (NIV)Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite.” And he did. When she came, he said, “Take your son.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then he summoned Gehazi and said, "Call this Shunammite." So he called her. And when she came to him, he said, "Pick up your son."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he called Gehazi and said, “Call this Shunammite woman.” So he called her. And when she came in to him, he said, “Pick up your son.”

Context of 2 Kings 4:36

34Then he went up and lay on the boy: he put mouth to mouth, eye to eye, hand to hand. While he bent down over him, the boy’s flesh became warm. 35Elisha got up, went into the house, and paced back and forth. Then he went up and bent down over him again. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes. Elisha called Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” He called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.” 37She came, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground; she picked up her son and left. 38When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. The sons of the prophets were sitting before him. He said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and make stew for the sons of the prophets.”

2 Kings 4:36 word by word

וַיִּקְרָ֣א אֶל־גֵּיחֲזִ֗י וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ קְרָא֙ אֶל־הַשֻּׁנַמִּ֣ית הַזֹּ֔את וַיִּקְרָאֶ֖הָ וַתָּב֣וֹא אֵלָ֑יו וַיֹּ֖אמֶר שְׂאִ֥י בְנֵֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• Gehaziגֵּיחֲזִיgêychăzîy gêchăzîy · GehaziH1522
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• this Shunammiteשׁוּנַמִּיתshûnammîyth · ShunammiteH7767
• her. And when she was come inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• Take upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• thy sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121

Cross-references for 2 Kings 4:36

• 2 Kings 4:12He ordered his attendant Gehazi, “Call this Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she stood before him.
• 1 Kings 17:23Then Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upstairs room into the house, and gave him to his mother. Elijah said, “Look, your son is alive.”
• Luke 7:15The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother.
• Hebrews 11:35Women received their dead, raised to life again. Other people were tortured, not accepting release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 4:36

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 36Take up thy son - Compare Elijah‘s action (marginal reference “t”) and our Blessed Lord‘s Luke 7:15.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 4:36

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

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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