Bible Commentary

And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him today? [it is] neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, [It shall be] well. 23. it is neither new moon, nor sabbath ] These were the principal occasions of assembling for worship, and it is clear from this history that even in Israel, while the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 4:23”

And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again. 22. And she called unto her husband ] He appears to have been at no great distance; though the verb … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 4:22”

And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut [the door] upon him, and went out. 21. she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God ] Her thoughts at once go to Elisha and she puts the dead boy into the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 4:21”

And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and [then] died. 20. he sat on her knees till noon ] The attack was in the early part of the day, when the oblique rays of the sun appear to be most dangerous. The mother’s … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 4:20”

And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. 19. My head, my head ] The description points to an attack of sunstroke, where the first symptom is pain in the head. But the father thinks lightly of it, for such attacks are … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 4:19”

And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. 18 37. The child of the Shunammite dies, and is restored to life by Elisha (Not in Chronicles) 18. And when the child was grown ] During the years which had elapsed since the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 4:18”

And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life. 17. Here by rendering as in the previous verse the R.V. involves a change of order in the English but conforms thereby more nearly to the Hebrew order. ‘And the woman conceived, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 4:17”

And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, [thou] man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid. 16. according to the time of life ] R.V. when the time cometh round. The literal sense of the verb is explained … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 4:16”

And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door. 15. And he said. Call her ] It would seem from these words that the woman had gone away at once after saying she had no wants which needed a petition to the king or the captain of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 4:15”

And he said, What then [is] to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old. 14. And he said ] Clearly, to Gehazi. This the LXX. adds. Verily she hath no child ] R.V. son. The R.V. is correct, though it seems from the whole narrative … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 4:14”