2 Kings 4:37

37 She came and fell at his feet, facedown on the ground. Then she picked up her son and left.

2 Kings 4:37 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:37

Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to
the ground
In reverence of him, and with the most profound gratitude and thankfulness for the mercy received:

and took up her son, and went out;
of the chamber into her house, with great joy and gladness.

2 Kings 4:37 In-Context

35 Then Elisha got down and paced back and forth in the house. Once again he got up on the bed and bent over the boy, at which point the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
36 Elisha called for Gehazi and said, "Call the Shunammite woman." Gehazi called her, and she came to Elisha. He told her, "Pick up your son."
37 She came and fell at his feet, facedown on the ground. Then she picked up her son and left.
38 When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. A group of prophets was sitting before him. He said to his servant, "Put on the big pot and cook some stew for the prophets."
39 So one of them went out to the field to gather plants; he found a wild vine and gathered wild gourds from it, filling his garment. He came and cut them up into the pot of stew, but no one knew what they were.
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