2 Kings 4:13

And he said to him—I pray thee, say unto her—Lo! thou hast cared for us with all this anxious care, what can be done for thee? Is it, that we should speak for thee, unto the king, or unto the general of the army? But she said, In the midst of mine own people, do, I, dwell.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.

In Context

12Then said he unto Gehazi, his young man, Call this Shunammitess. And he called her, and she stood before him.

14So he said, What then can be done for thee? And Gehazi said, Verily, she hath no, son, and, her husband, is, old.

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Cross References

Ruth 1:1And it came to pass, in the days when the Judges administered justice, that there was a famine in the land,—and so a certain man went his way, out of Bethlehem-judah to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

2 Samuel 19:32Now, Barzillai, was very aged, eighty years old,—and, he himself, had sustained the king, throughout his sojourn in Mahanaim, for he was, an exceeding great man.

2 Kings 3:15But, now, bring me one that can touch the strings. For it used to be, when the player touched the strings, then would, the hand of Yahweh, be upon him.

2 Kings 8:3And it came to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines,—and she went forth to make outcry unto the king, concerning her house and concerning her field.

Psalms 37:3Trust in Yahweh, and do good, Dwell in the land, and feed on fidelity;

Luke 9:3and said unto them—Nothing, take ye for the journey,—neither staff, nor satchel, nor bread, nor silver, nor to have, two tunics.

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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