2 Kings 4:12
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He said to his servant Gehazi, “Call the Shunammite.” So he called her, and she stood before him.
Read 2 Kings 4:12 Using Other Translations
And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
And he said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." When he had called her, she stood before him.
He said to his servant Gehazi, “Tell the woman from Shunem I want to speak to her.” When she appeared,
What does 2 Kings 4:12 mean?
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2 Kings 4:12
And he said to Gehazi his servant
Who attended him wherever he went, and ministered to him, and lay
very probably in the same chamber with him; he might be one of
the sons of the prophets:
call this Shunammite;
tell her I desire to speak with her:
and when he had called her, she stood before
him;
at the door of the chamber, in great reverence of him, and with
much humility, waiting to hear what he had to say to her: this
must be understood after what had further passed between Elisha
and Gehazi, and between Gehazi and the woman, who returned to his
master, and acquainted him with what she had said to him, upon
which he was sent to call her, and she came.
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