2 Kings 4:37

So she came in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground,—and took up her son, and went forth.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

In Context

36Then called he Gehazi, and said—Call this Shunammitess. So he called her, and, when she was come in unto him, he said—Take up thy son.

38Now, Elisha, returned to Gilgal, and there was, a famine, in the land, and, the sons of the prophets, being seated before him, he said to his young man—Put on the large pot, and boil a mess of food, for the sons of the prophets.

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Cross References

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 4:27But, 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.

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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