2 Kings 4:27

And she cometh in unto the man of God, unto the hill, and layeth hold on his feet, and Gehazi cometh nigh to thrust her away, and the man of God saith, 'Let her alone, for her soul [is] bitter to her, and Jehovah hath hidden [it] from me, and hath not declared [it] to me.'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

In Context

26now, run, I pray thee, to meet her, and say to her, Is there peace to thee? is there peace to thy husband? is there peace to the lad?' and she saith, 'Peace.'

28And she saith, 'Did I ask a son from my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?'

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Cross References

Genesis 18:17and Jehovah said, 'Am I concealing from Abraham that which I am doing,

2 Samuel 7:3And Nathan saith unto the king, 'All that [is] in thine heart — go, do, for Jehovah [is] with thee.'

2 Kings 6:12And one of his servants saith, 'Nay, my lord, O king, for Elisha the prophet, who [is] in Israel, declareth to the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in the inner part of thy bed-chamber.'

Proverbs 14:10The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.

Amos 3:7For the Lord Jehovah doth nothing, Except He hath revealed His counsel unto His servants the prophets.

Matthew 20:31And the multitude charged them that they might be silent, and they cried out the more, saying, 'Deal kindly with us sir — 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 →

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