2 Reyes 4:23

23 —¿Por qué ir hoy? —preguntó él—. No es ni festival de luna nueva ni día de descanso.
Pero ella dijo:
—No importa.

2 Reyes 4:23 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:23

And he said, wherefore wilt thou go to him today?
&c.] What reason is there for it? what is the meaning of it?

it is neither new moon nor sabbath;
neither the first day of the month, nor the seventh day of the week, times which were religiously observed; so with the Heathens the new moon and the seventh of the week, and so the fourth, were sacred ^F21; which notions they borrowed from the Jews, (See Gill on 1 Samuel 20:5) and when, it seems, it was usual to frequent the house of the prophet, to hear the word of God read and explained, and other religious exercises performed, as praying and singing praise, and receiving some good instructions and advice. Joseph Kimchi gives a different sense of these words:

``there is not a month past, no, not a week, since thou sawest him;''

why therefore shouldest thou be in such haste to go to him? so the words for new moon and sabbath may signify:

and she said, it shall be well;
it was right for her to go, and it would be well for him and her, and the family; or, "peace" ^F23, be easy and quiet, farewell: it is much he had no mistrust of the death of the child, or that it was worse, since it went from him ill.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 Hesiod. Opera & Dies, l. 2.
F23 (Mwlv) "pax", Pagninus, Montanus

2 Reyes 4:23 In-Context

21 Ella lo subió y lo recostó sobre la cama del hombre de Dios; luego cerró la puerta y lo dejó allí.

22 Después le envió un mensaje a su esposo: «Mándame a uno de los sirvientes y un burro para que pueda ir rápido a ver al hombre de Dios y luego volver enseguida».

23 —¿Por qué ir hoy? —preguntó él—. No es ni festival de luna nueva ni día de descanso.
Pero ella dijo:
—No importa.

24 Entonces ensilló el burro y le dijo al sirviente: «¡Apúrate! Y no disminuyas el paso a menos que yo te lo diga».

25 Cuando ella se acercaba al hombre de Dios, en el monte Carmelo, Eliseo la vio desde lejos y le dijo a Giezi: «Mira, allí viene la señora de Sunem.