2 Kings 4:16-26

16 And he said, At the appointed time, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, thou man of God, do not deceive thy handmaid.

17 But the woman conceived and gave birth to a son at the appointed time that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.

18 And when the child was grown, it came to pass one 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 servant, Carry him to his mother.

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

21 Then 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 calling her husband, she 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, Why must thou go to him today? It is neither new moon nor sabbath. And she said, Peace.

24 Then she caused the ass to be saddled and said to her servant, Lead and go forward; slack not the pace for me except I bid thee.

25 So she went and came unto the man of God to Mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi, his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite.

26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her and say unto her, Dost thou have peace? And thy husband? And the child? And she answered, Peace.

2 Kings 4:16-26 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.