2 Kings 4:17

Then the woman became with child and gave birth to a son at the time named, in the year after, 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 Elisha said, At this time in the coming year you will have a son in your arms. And she said, No, my lord, O man of God, do not say what is false to your servant.

18Now one day, when the child was older, he went out to his father to where the grain was being cut.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 1:19And early in the morning they got up, and after worshipping before the Lord they went back to Ramah, to their house: and Elkanah had connection with his wife; and the Lord kept her in mind.

Luke 1:24After that time, Elisabeth, being certain that she was to become a mother, kept herself from men's eyes for five months, saying,

Hebrews 11:11And by faith Sarah herself had power to give birth, when she was very old, because she had faith in him who gave his word;

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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