2 Kings 4:27
And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said: 'Let her alone; for her soul is bitter within her; and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told Me.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
28Then she said: 'Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say: Do not deceive me?'
Cross References
Genesis 18:17And the LORD said: 'Shall I hide from Abraham that which I am doing;
2 Samuel 7:3And Nathan said to the king: 'Go, do all that is in thy heart; for the LORD is with thee.'
2 Kings 6:12And one of his servants said: 'Nay, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bed-chamber.'
Proverbs 14:10The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and with its joy no stranger can intermeddle.
Amos 3:7For the Lord GOD will do nothing, but He revealeth His counsel unto His servants the prophets.
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 →