2 Kings 4:37

2 Kings 4:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
• New International Version (NIV)She came in, fell at his feet and bowed to the ground. Then she took her son and went out.
• English Standard Version (ESV)She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground; then she picked up her son and went out.

Context of 2 Kings 4:37

35Elisha went back and walked around in the house. Then he got up on the bed again and bent down over him. The child sneezed seven times and opened his eyes. 36Elisha called to Gehazi and said, “Get the Shunammite woman.” So he did so and she came to him. He said to her, “Take your son.” She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed down. Then she picked up her son and left. 38Now Elisha went back to Gilgal, while there was famine in the land. Some of the prophets were visiting him and he told his servant, “Put the big pot on the fire and boil some stew for the prophets.” 39Someone went out to the field to gather some herbs and found a wild vine. He picked some of its fruit, enough to fill up the fold of his robe. He came back, cut it up, and threw the slices into the stew pot, not knowing they were harmful.

2 Kings 4:37 word by word

וַתָּבֹא֙ וַתִּפֹּ֣ל עַל־רַגְלָ֔יו וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ אָ֑רְצָה וַתִּשָּׂ֥א אֶת־בְּנָ֖הּ וַתֵּצֵֽא׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then she went inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• and fellנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• at his feetרֶ֫גֶלregel · footH7272
• and bowedשָׁחָהshâchâh · to bowH7812
• herself to the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• and took upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• her sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and went outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318

Cross-references for 2 Kings 4:37

• 2 Kings 4:27But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said, “Leave her alone, for she is very upset. The Lord has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn’t tell me about it.”
• 2 Kings 2:15When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho, who were standing at a distance, saw him do this, they said, “The spirit that energized Elijah rests upon Elisha.” They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.
• 1 Kings 17:24The woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a prophet and that the Lord really does speak through you.”

Commentaries on 2 Kings 4:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37She went in and fell at his feet - Few can enter into the feelings of this noble woman. What suspense must she have felt during the time that the prophet was employed in the slow process referred to above! for slow in its own nature it must have been, and exceedingly exhausting to the prophet himself.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 4:37

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

In the dictionaries

• Aside
• Careful
• Carmel
• Desire
• Shunem
• Adoration
• Attitudes
• Daniel, Book of
• Elisha
• Gehazi

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