2 Kings 4:29-31

29 Then he said to Gehazi, "1Gird up your loins and 2take my staff in your hand, and go your way; if you meet any man, do not 3salute him, and if anyone salutes you, do not answer him; and 4lay my staff on the lad's face."
30 The mother of the lad said, "5As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." And he arose and followed * her.
31 Then Gehazi passed on before them and laid the staff on the lad's face, but there was no sound or response. So he returned to meet him and told him, "The lad 6has not awakened."

2 Kings 4:29-31 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 4

This chapter treats of the miracles of Elisha, of his multiplying a poor widow's pot of oil for the payment of her husband's debts, 2Ki 4:1-7 of obtaining a son for a Shunamitish woman, who had been very hospitable to him, 2Ki 4:8-17, of his raising up her son to life when dead, 2Ki 4:18-37, of his curing the deadly pottage made of wild gourds, 2Ki 4:38-41, and of his feeding one hundred men with twenty barley loaves, 2Ki 4:42-44.

Cross References 6

  • 1. 1 Kings 18:46; 2 Kings 9:1
  • 2. Exodus 4:17; 2 Kings 2:14
  • 3. Luke 10:4
  • 4. Exodus 7:19, 20; Exodus 14:16
  • 5. 2 Kings 2:2, 4
  • 6. John 11:11

Footnotes 2

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