2 Kings 4:24

Then she made the ass ready and said to her servant, Keep driving on; do not make a stop without orders from me.

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In The King James Version

Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.

In Context

23And he said, Why are you going to him today? it is not a new moon or a Sabbath. But she said, It is well.

25So she went, and came to Mount Carmel, to the man of God. And when the man of God saw her coming in his direction, he said to Gehazi, his servant, See, there is the Shunammite;

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Cross References

Exodus 4:20And Moses took his wife and his sons and put them on an ass and went back to the land of Egypt: and he took the rod of God in his hand.

1 Samuel 25:20Now while she was going down under cover of the mountain on her ass, David and his men came down against her, and suddenly she came face to face with them.

1 Kings 13:23Now after the meal he made ready the ass for him, for the prophet whom he had taken back.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 4:19-38

The Death of the Shunammite's Son; The Shunammite's Son Restored. ( b. c. 887.) 18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. 19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. 20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. 21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out. 22 And she called unto her… Read the whole commentary →

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