2 Kings 4:16
Then said he—At this season, about the time of spring, thou, shalt be embracing a son. And she said—Nay! my lord, thou man of God, do not delude thy maid-servant.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
15And he said—Call her. So he called her, and she stood in the doorway.
Cross References
Genesis 17:16and I will bless her, yea moreover will give—from her—to thee, a son,—And I will bless her, and she shall become nations. Kings of peoples, from her, shall arise.
Genesis 18:10And he said, I will, surely return, unto thee at the quickening season,—and lo! a son for Sarah thy wife. Now Sarah, was hearkening at the opening of the tent, it, being behind him.
Genesis 18:14Is anything, too wonderful for Yahweh? At the appointed time, I will return unto thee, at the quickening season and Sarah, shall have a son.
1 Kings 17:24And the woman said unto Elijah, Now, then I know, that, a man of God, thou art,—and that, the word of Yahweh, is in thy mouth, of a truth.
2 Kings 2:19And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Lo! we pray thee, the situation of the city, is good, as, my lord, seeth,—but, the waters, are bad, and, the land, apt to miscarry.
2 Kings 5:10and Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying,—Go and bathe seven times in the Jordan, so shall thy flesh come back to thee, and be thou clean.
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 →