2 Kings 4:27
But, when she came unto the man of God, on the mount, she caught hold of his feet,—and Gehazi drew near to thrust her away, when the man of God said—Let her alone! for, her life, is embittered to her, howbeit, Yahweh, hath hidden it from me, and hath not told me.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
28Then said she, Did I ask a son, of my lord? Said I not, Thou must not mislead me?
Cross References
Genesis 18:17Now, Yahweh, had said,—Am I going to hide from Abraham what I do,
2 Samuel 7:3And Nathan said unto the king, All that is in thy heart, go—do,—for Yahweh is with thee.
2 Kings 6:12Then said one of his servants, None, my lord O king,—but, Elisha, the prophet, who is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words which thou speakest in thy bed-chamber.
Proverbs 14:10The heart, knoweth its own bitterness, and, in its joy, no stranger shareth.
Amos 3:7Surely My Lord Yahweh, will do, nothing,—except he have disclosed his secret unto his servants, the prophets!
Matthew 20:31But the multitude rebuked them, that they might hold their peace. But, they, the more, cried aloud, saying—Lord, have mercy on us! 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 →