2 Kings 4:17

And the woman conceived, and bore a son at the very time, as the season was, being alive, as Elisha said to her.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 to her, At this time next year, as the season is, thou shalt be alive, and embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, do not lie to thy servant.

18And the child grew: and it came to pass when he went out to his father to the reapers,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 1:19And they rise early in the morning, and worship the Lord, and they go their way: and Elkanah went into his house at Ramah, and knew his wife Hannah; and the Lord remembered her, and she conceived.

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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