2 Kings 4
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2 Kings 4:8-20

8Now a dayH3117 cameH1961 when ElishaH477 wentH5674 overH5674 to 1ShunemH7766, whereH8033 there was a 2prominentH1419 womanH802, and she urgedH2388 him to eatH398 3foodH3899. And so it was, as oftenH1767 as he passedH5674 byH5674, that he turnedH5493 inH5493 thereH8033 to eatH398 4foodH3899. 9And she saidH559 to her husbandH376, “BeholdH2009 nowH4994, I amH3045 awareH3045 that thisH1931 is a holyH6918 5manH376 of GodH430 passingH5674 by us repeatedlyH8548. 10PleaseH4994, let’s 6makeH6213 a littleH6996 walledH7023 upperH5944 roomH5944, and let’s setH7760 upH7760 a bedH4296 for him thereH8033, and a tableH7979, a chairH3678, and a lampstandH4501; then it shall be, when he comesH935 to us, that he can turnH5493 inH5493 thereH8033.”

11Now 7one dayH3117 he cameH935 thereH8033, and turnedH5493 inH5493 to the upperH5944 roomH5944 and 8restedH7901H8033. 12Then he saidH559 to his servantH5288 9GehaziH1522, “CallH7121 thisH2088 ShunammiteH7767.” And when he had calledH7121 her, she stoodH5975 beforeH6440 him. 13And he saidH559 to him, “SayH559 nowH4994 to her, ‘BeholdH2009, you have takenH2729 troubleH2729 for us with allH3605 thisH2088 10careH2731; whatH4100 can I doH6213 for you? 11WouldH3426 you likeH3426 me to speakH1696 for you to the kingH4428 orH176 to the commanderH8269 of the armyH6635?’” But she 12answeredH559, “I liveH3427 amongH8432 my own peopleH5971.” 14So he saidH559, “WhatH4100 then is to be doneH6213 for her?” And GehaziH1522 13answeredH559, “It is a factH61 that she hasH369 noH369 sonH1121, and her husbandH376 isH2204 oldH2204.” 15He then saidH559, “CallH7121 her.” When he had calledH7121 her, she stoodH5975 in the doorwayH6607. 16Then he saidH559, “14At thisH2088 seasonH4150 15nextH2416 yearH6256, you are going to embraceH2263 a sonH1121.” And she saidH559, “NoH408, my lordH113, you manH376 of GodH430, 16do not lieH3576 to your servantH8198.”

17Now the womanH802 conceivedH2029 and gaveH3205 birthH3205 to a sonH1121 at that seasonH4150 17the nextH2416 yearH6256, as ElishaH477 had toldH1696 her.

18When the childH3206 was grownH1431, the dayH3117 cameH1961 that he wentH3318 outH3318 to his fatherH1, to the reapersH7114. 19And he saidH559 to his fatherH1, “My headH7218, my headH7218!” And his father saidH559 to his servantH5288, “CarryH5375 him to his motherH517.” 20When he had carriedH5375 him and broughtH935 him to his motherH517, he satH3427 on her 18lapH1290 untilH5704 noonH6672, and then he diedH4191.

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Kings 4:8 Josh 19:18 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Kings 4:8 Lit great ↩
  3. 3. 2 Kings 4:8 Lit bread ↩
  4. 4. 2 Kings 4:8 Lit bread ↩
  5. 5. 2 Kings 4:9 2 Kin 4:7 ↩
  6. 6. 2 Kings 4:10 Matt 10:41, 42; 25:40; Rom 12:13 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Kings 4:11 Lit the day came that ↩
  8. 8. 2 Kings 4:11 Lit lay there ↩
  9. 9. 2 Kings 4:12 2 Kin 4:29-31; 5:20-27; 8:4, 5 ↩
  10. 10. 2 Kings 4:13 Lit fear ↩
  11. 11. 2 Kings 4:13 Lit Is it to speak ↩
  12. 12. 2 Kings 4:13 Lit said ↩
  13. 13. 2 Kings 4:14 Lit said ↩
  14. 14. 2 Kings 4:16 Gen 18:14 ↩
  15. 15. 2 Kings 4:16 Lit when the time revives ↩
  16. 16. 2 Kings 4:16 2 Kin 4:28 ↩
  17. 17. 2 Kings 4:17 Lit when the time revived ↩
  18. 18. 2 Kings 4:20 Lit knees ↩

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