2 Re 4:28

28 La donna disse: "Avevo io forse domandato al mio signore un figliuolo? Non ti diss’io: Non m’ingannare?"

2 Re 4:28 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:28

Then she said, did I desire a son of my lord?
&c.] It was not at her request she had one, at least the first motion was not from her; the prophet first told her, and assured her she should have one, without her asking for it; she might be pleased with it, and desire the promise might be fulfilled; but it was not an inordinate, importunate, desire of one, in which she had exceeded, that so the taking it away from her might be a correction of her for it:

did I not say, do not deceive me;
by giving hopes of a child, and yet have none; and now it was equally the same, or worse, to have one, and then to have it taken away again as soon as had almost; so the Targum,

``did I not say unto thee, if a child is given me, let it live, if not, do not trouble or grieve me;''

and then, no doubt, she told him plainly the child was dead, and where she had laid it, though not recorded.

2 Re 4:28 In-Context

26 Ti prego, corri ad incontrarla, e dille: Stai bene? Sta bene tuo marito? E il bimbo sta bene?" Ella rispose: "Stanno bene".

27 E come fu giunta dall’uomo di Dio, sul monte, gli abbracciò i piedi. Ghehazi si appressò per respingerla; ma l’uomo di Dio disse: "Lasciala stare, poiché l’anima sua e in amarezza, e l’Eterno me l’ha nascosto, e non me l’ha rivelato".

28 La donna disse: "Avevo io forse domandato al mio signore un figliuolo? Non ti diss’io: Non m’ingannare?"

29 Allora Eliseo disse a Ghehazi: "Cingiti i fianchi, prendi in mano il mio bastone e parti. Se t’imbatti in qualcuno, non lo salutare; e se alcuno ti saluta, non gli rispondere; e poserai il mio bastone sulla faccia del fanciullo".

30 La madre del fanciullo disse ad Eliseo: "Com’è vero che l’Eterno vive, e che vive l’anima tua, io non ti lascerò". Ed Eliseo si levò e le andò appresso.