2 Kings 4:14-24

14 And he said , What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered , Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old .

15 And he said , Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.

16 And he said , About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said , Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.

17 And the woman conceived , and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.

18 And when the child was grown , it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers .

19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.

20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died .

21 And she went up , and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out .

22 And she called unto her husband, and said , Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again .

23 And he said , Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said , It shall be well.

24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive , and go forward ; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.

2 Kings 4:14-24 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. season: Heb. set time
• [b]. well: Heb. peace
• [c]. slack...: Heb. restrain not for me to ride