2 Kings 4:37

37 She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground. ¹Then she picked up her son and went out.

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 he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and stretched himself upon him. The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

36 Then he summoned Gehazi and said, "Call this Shunammite." So he called her. And when she came to him, he said, "Pick up your son."

37 She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.

38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal when there was a famine in the land. And as the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, "Set on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets."

39 One of them went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine and gathered from it his lap full of wild gourds, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew, not knowing what they were.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Kings 17:23; Hebrews 11:35; [2 Kings 8:1, 5]