2 Kings 4
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2 Kings 4:23-42

23He saidH559, “WhyH4069 will you goH1980 to him todayH3117? It is neitherH3808 1newH2320 moonH2320 norH3808 sabbathH7676.” And she saidH559, “It will be wellH7965.” 24Then she saddledH2280 a donkeyH860 and saidH559 to her servantH5288, “DriveH5090 and goH1980 forward; do not slowH6113 downH6113 2the paceH7392 for me unlessH3588H518 I tellH559 you.” 25So she wentH1980 and cameH935 to the manH376 of GodH430 to 3MountH2022 CarmelH3760.

When the manH376 of GodH430 sawH7200 her at a distanceH4480H5048, he saidH559 to GehaziH1522 his servantH5288, “BeholdH2009, 4thereH1975 is the ShunammiteH7767. 26PleaseH4994 runH7323 nowH6258 to meetH7122 her and sayH559 to her, ‘Is it wellH7965 with you? Is it wellH7965 with your husbandH376? Is it wellH7965 with the childH3206?’” And she 5answeredH559, “It is wellH7965.” 27When she cameH935 to the manH376 of GodH430 6to the hillH2022, she caughtH2388 holdH2388 of his feetH7272. And GehaziH1522 cameH5066 nearH5066 to pushH1920 her awayH1920; but the manH376 of GodH430 saidH559, “LetH7503 her aloneH7503, for her soulH5315 is 7troubledH4843 within her; and the LordH3068 has hiddenH5956 it from me and has not toldH5046 me.” 28Then she saidH559, “Did I askH7592 for a sonH1121 from my lordH113? Did I not sayH559, ‘8Do not deceiveH7951 me’?”

29Then he saidH559 to GehaziH1522, “9GirdH2296 up your loinsH4975 and 10takeH3947 my staffH4938 in your handH3027, and goH1980 your way; ifH3588 you meetH4672 anyH376 manH376, do not 11saluteH1288 him, and ifH3588 anyoneH376 salutesH1288 you, do not answerH6030 him; and 12layH7760 my staffH4938 on the lad’sH5288 faceH6440.” 30The motherH517 of the ladH5288 saidH559, “13As the LordH3068 livesH2416 and as you yourselfH5315 liveH2416, I will not leaveH5800 you.” And he aroseH6965 and followedH1980H310 her. 31Then GehaziH1522 passedH5674 on beforeH6440 them and laidH7760 the staffH4938 on the lad’sH5288 faceH6440, but thereH369 was noH369 soundH6963 orH369 14responseH7182. So he returnedH7725 to meetH7122 him and toldH5046 15him, “The ladH5288 16has not awakenedH7019.”

32When ElishaH477 cameH935 into the houseH1004, beholdH2009 the ladH5288 was deadH4191 and laidH7901 on his bedH4296. 33So he enteredH935 and 17shutH5462 the doorH1817 behindH1157 them bothH8147 and prayedH6419 to the LordH3068. 34And 18he wentH5927 up and layH7901 on the childH3206, and putH7760 his mouthH6310 on his mouthH6310 and his eyesH5869 on his eyesH5869 and his handsH3709 on his handsH3709, and he stretchedH1457 himself on him; and the fleshH1320 of the childH3206 becameH2552 warmH2552. 35Then he returnedH7725 and walkedH1980 in the houseH1004 onceH259 backH2008 and forthH2008, and wentH5927 up and 19stretchedH1457 himself on him; and the ladH5288 sneezedH2237 sevenH7651 timesH6471 and the ladH5288 openedH6491 his eyesH5869. 36He calledH7121 GehaziH1522 and saidH559, “CallH7121 thisH2088 ShunammiteH7767.” So he calledH7121 her. And when she cameH935 in to him, he saidH559, “TakeH5375 up your sonH1121.” 37Then she wentH935 in and fellH5307 at his feetH7272 and bowedH7812 herself to the groundH776, and 20she tookH5375 up her sonH1121 and wentH3318 out.

38When ElishaH477 returnedH7725 to 21GilgalH1537, there was 22a famineH7458 in the landH776. 23As 24the sonsH1121 of the prophetsH5030 25were sittingH3427 beforeH6440 him, he saidH559 to his servantH5288, “26PutH8239 on the largeH1419 potH5518 and boilH1310 stewH5138 for the sonsH1121 of the prophetsH5030.” 39Then oneH259 wentH3318 out into the fieldH7704 to gatherH3950 herbsH219, and foundH4672 a wildH7704 vineH1612 and gatheredH3950 from it his lapH899 fullH4393 of wildH7704 gourdsH6498, and cameH935 and slicedH6398 them into the potH5518 of stewH5138, for they did not knowH3045 what they were. 40So they pouredH3332 it out for the menH376 to eatH398. And as they were eatingH398 of the stewH5138, they criedH6817 out and saidH559, “O manH376 of GodH430, there is 27deathH4194 in the potH5518.” And they were unableH3808H3201 to eatH398. 41But he saidH559, “Now bringH3947 mealH7058.” 28He threwH7993 it into the potH5518 and saidH559, “PourH3332 it out for the peopleH5971 that they may eatH398.” Then there was noH3808 harmH1697H7451 in the potH5518.

42Now a manH376 cameH935 from Baal-shalishahH1190, and broughtH935 the manH376 of GodH430 breadH3899 of the firstH1061 fruitsH1061, twentyH6242 loavesH3899 of barleyH8184 and freshH3759 earsH3759 of grainH3759 in his sackH6861. And he saidH559, “29GiveH5414 them to the peopleH5971 that they may eatH398.”

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Kings 4:23 Num 10:10; 28:11; 1 Chr 23:31 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Kings 4:24 Lit riding ↩
  3. 3. 2 Kings 4:25 2 Kin 2:25 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Kings 4:25 Lit this Shunammite ↩
  5. 5. 2 Kings 4:26 Lit said ↩
  6. 6. 2 Kings 4:27 2 Kin 4:25 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Kings 4:27 Lit bitter ↩
  8. 8. 2 Kings 4:28 2 Kin 4:16 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Kings 4:29 1 Kin 18:46; 2 Kin 9:1 ↩
  10. 10. 2 Kings 4:29 Ex 4:17; 2 Kin 2:14 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Kings 4:29 Luke 10:4 ↩
  12. 12. 2 Kings 4:29 Ex 7:19, 20; 14:16 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Kings 4:30 2 Kin 2:2, 4 ↩
  14. 14. 2 Kings 4:31 Lit attentiveness ↩
  15. 15. 2 Kings 4:31 Lit him, saying ↩
  16. 16. 2 Kings 4:31 John 11:11 ↩
  17. 17. 2 Kings 4:33 2 Kin 4:4; Matt 6:6; Luke 8:51 ↩
  18. 18. 2 Kings 4:34 1 Kin 17:21-23 ↩
  19. 19. 2 Kings 4:35 1 Kin 17:21 ↩
  20. 20. 2 Kings 4:37 Heb 11:35 ↩
  21. 21. 2 Kings 4:38 2 Kin 2:1 ↩
  22. 22. 2 Kings 4:38 2 Kin 8:1 ↩
  23. 23. 2 Kings 4:38 Lit And ↩
  24. 24. 2 Kings 4:38 2 Kin 2:3 ↩
  25. 25. 2 Kings 4:38 Luke 10:39; Acts 22:3 ↩
  26. 26. 2 Kings 4:38 Ezek 11:3, 7, 11; 24:3 ↩
  27. 27. 2 Kings 4:40 Ex 10:17 ↩
  28. 28. 2 Kings 4:41 Ex 15:25; 2 Kin 2:21 ↩
  29. 29. 2 Kings 4:42 Matt 14:16-21; 15:32-38 ↩

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