2 Kings 4:17

And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said to her.

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In The King James Version

And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.

In Context

16And he said, At this season, when the time comes round, thou shall embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie to thy handmaid.

18And when the child was grown, it fell on a day that he went out to his father to the reapers.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 1:19And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and LORD remembered her.

Luke 1:24And after these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and she concealed herself five months, saying,

Hebrews 11:11By faith even Sarah herself received power for conception of seed, and she gave birth beyond the time of age, because she considered him faithful who promised.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 4:9-18

The Shunammite's Hospitality. ( b. c. 893.) 8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. 9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. 10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be,… Read the whole commentary →

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