2 Kings 4:23

And he said—Wherefore art thou going unto him, to-day, neither new moon nor sabbath? And she said—Peace!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

In Context

22And she called unto her husband, and said—Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses,—that I may run unto the man of God, and return!

24Then saddled she the ass, and said unto her young man—Lead on, and go forward,—do not slacken, for my sake, the riding, except I have bidden thee.

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Cross References

Numbers 10:10And in your day of rejoicing and in your appointed seasons and in the beginnings of your months, then shall ye blow with the trumpets, over your ascending-sacrifices, and over your peace-offerings,—so shall they be unto you for a memorial before your God. I—Yahweh, am your God.

Numbers 28:11And in the beginnings of your months, shall ye bring near an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh, two choice bullocks and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without defect;

1 Chronicles 23:31and for all the offering of ascending-sacrifices unto Yahweh, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts,—by number, according to the manner prescribed for them continually, before Yahweh;—

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 →

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