2 Kings 4:15

Listen to 2 Kings 4:15
15 He said, “Call her. ” And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway.

2 Kings 4:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:15

And he said, call her
Perhaps finding an impulse on his own mind, from the Spirit of God, that this was the thing to be done for her:

and when he had called her, she stood in the door;
of his chamber: (See Gill on 2 Kings 4:12).

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2 Kings 4:15 In-Context

13 And he said to him, “Say now to her, ‘See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army? ’” She answered, “I dwell among my own people. ”
14 And he said, “What then is to be done for her? ” Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son, and her husband is old. ”
15 He said, “Call her. ” And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway.
16 And he said, “At this season, about this time next year, you shall embrace a son. ” And she said, “No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your servant. ”
17 But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time the following spring, as Elisha had said to her.
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