2 Kings 4:23

2 Kings 4:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
• New International Version (NIV)“Why go to him today?” he asked. “It’s not the New Moon or the Sabbath.” “That’s all right,” she said.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said, "Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath." She said, "All is well."
• New King James Version (NKJV)So he said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither the New Moon nor the Sabbath.” And she said, “It is well.”

Context of 2 Kings 4:23

21And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door behind him and left. 22Then she called to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so that I may run to the man of God and return.” But he said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither new moon nor Sabbath.” So she just said, “It will be fine.” 24Then she saddled the donkey and said to her servant, “Drive the donkey and go on; do not slow down the pace for me unless I tell you.” 25So she went on and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Behold, that person there is the Shunammite.

2 Kings 4:23 word by word

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מַ֠דּוּעַ אַ֣תְּ הֹלֶ֤כֶת אֵלָיו֙ הַיּ֔וֹם לֹֽא־חֹ֖דֶשׁ וְלֹ֣א שַׁבָּ֑ת וַתֹּ֖אמֶר שָׁלֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear

• But he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Whyמַדּוּעַmaddûa‛ maddûa‛ · why?H4069
• are you goingהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• to him todayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• It is neitherלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• newחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · month: new moonH2320
• moonחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · month: new moonH2320
• Sabbathשַׁבָּתshabbâth · SabbathH7676
• fineשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peace: well-beingH7965

Cross-references for 2 Kings 4:23

• Numbers 10:10Also on the day of your joy and at your appointed feasts, and on the first days of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be as a reminder of you before your God. I am the Lord your God.”
• Numbers 28:11‘Then at the beginning of each of your months you shall present a burnt offering to the Lord: two bulls and one ram, seven male lambs one year old without defect;
• 1 Chronicles 23:31and to offer all burnt offerings to the Lord, on the Sabbaths, the new moons and the appointed festivals, in the number determined by the ordinance concerning them, continually before the Lord.
• Isaiah 1:13Do not go on bringing your worthless offerings, Incense is an abomination to Me. New moon and Sabbath, the proclamation of an assembly-- I cannot endure wrongdoing and the festive assembly.
• 2 Kings 4:26Please run now to meet her and say to her, ‘Is it going well for you? Is it going well for your husband? Is it going well for the child?’” Then she answered, “It is going well.”

Commentaries on 2 Kings 4:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23Wherefore wilt thou go - She was a very prudent woman; she would not harass the feelings of her husband by informing him of the death of his son till she had tried the power of the prophet. Though the religion of the true God was not the religion of the state, yet there were no doubt multitudes of the people who continued to worship the true God alone, and were in the habit of going, as is here intimated, on new moons and Sabbaths, to consult the prophet.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Her husband did not connect the illness with his wife‘s demand, but thought she wished to attend one of the prophet‘s devotional services. It is evident that such services were now held with something like regularity on Carmel for the benefit of the faithfull in those parts. New moon - By the Law the first day of each month was to be kept holy. Offerings were appointed for such occasions Numbers 28:11-15, and they were among the days on which the silver…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. 8-37Elisha's interactions with the woman from Shunem are shown in two similar parts (2 Kings 4:8–20, 21–37). Shunem was a border town in the land given to the tribe of Issachar (Joshua 19:18).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 4:23

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Children
• Elisha
• Miracles
• Sabbath
• Shunammite
• Women

In the dictionaries

• New Moon
• Aside
• Careful
• Desire
• Shunem
• Daniel, Book of
• Elisha
• Gehazi
• Images
• Jehoahaz

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