2 Kings 4:27
When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”
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In Context
28Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me’?”
Cross References
Genesis 18:17The LORD said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
2 Samuel 7:3Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”
2 Kings 6:12One of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”
Proverbs 14:10The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.
Amos 3:7Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
Matthew 20:31The multitude rebuked them, telling them that they should be quiet, but they cried out even more, “Lord, have mercy on us, you son of David!”
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 →