2 Kings 4:17

And the woman conceived, and brought forth a son in the time, and at the same hour, that Eliseus had said.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

16He said to her: At this time, and this same hour, if life accompany, thou shalt have a son in thy womb. But she answered: Do not, I beseech thee, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie to thy handmaid.

18And the child grew. And on a certain day, when he went out to his father to the reapers,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 1:19And they rose in the morning, and worshipped before the Lord: and they returned, and came into their house at Ramatha. And Elcana knew Anna his wife: and the Lord remembered her.

Luke 1:24And after those days, Elizabeth his wife conceived, and hid herself five months, saying:

Hebrews 11:11By faith also Sara herself, being barren, received strength to conceive seed, even past the time of age; because she believed that he was faithful who had 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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