2 Kings 4:27
And she came to the man of God to the mount, and caught hold of his feet; and Gechazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is grieved within her; and the Lord hath hidden it from me, and hath not told it me.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
28And she said, Did I request a son from my Lord? did I not say, Do not lead me astray?
Cross References
Genesis 18:17And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about doing?
2 Samuel 7:3And Nathan said to the king, all that is in thy heart go and do; for the Lord is with thee.
2 Kings 6:12And one of his servants said, Not so, my Lord, O king; but Elisha', the prophet that is in Israel, can tell unto the king of Israel the words that thou mayest speak in thy sleeping-chamber.
Proverbs 14:10The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and with its joy can no stranger intermeddle.
Amos 3:7For the Lord Eternal will do nothing, unless he have revealed his secret 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 →