2 Kings 4:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there. ”

2 Kings 4:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Elisha and the Shunammite Woman. This gives one of the most delightful pictures of rural life in ancient Israel. It describes the kindly hospitality of the great lady of Shunem, the accommodation p...
2 Kings 4:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
2 Kings 4:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there. No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Kings 4:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Various Miracles of Elisha The miracles related of Elisha in this and the following Chapter s resemble many of those previously recounted of Elijah. Thus both prophets multiplied the sustenance of...
2 Kings 4:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And it fell on a day. — See Note on 2 Kings 4:8 . Chamber. — Upper chamber. Lay — i.e. , lay down to rest.
2 Kings 4:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ELISHA'S MIRACLES 2 Kings 4:1-44 WE are now in the full tide of Elisha's miracles, and as regards many of them we can do little more than illustrate the text as it stands. The record of them cl...
2 Kings 4:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Entertaining a Prophet 2 Kings 4:8-24 The real man needs a very small supply of outward comfort, because his life is hid in God. It does not consist in the abundance of things that he possesses...
2 Kings 4:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The ministry of Elisha stands in many respects in vivid contrast with that of Elijah. There is a gentleness about it which inevitably reminds us of that of the Messiah Himself in His day. Instead of...
2 Kings 4:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is a nobleness of soul in the woman, in thus declining court favor. The prophet's interest was more with God than with the king. It is as if she had said, Speak for me not to man, but to God. R...
2 Kings 4:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it fell on a day that he came thither ,.... As he had been wont to do: and he turned into the chamber ; built for him, and to which he was directed: and lay there ; all night, and which no d...
2 Kings 4:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there. Ver. 11. And he turned into the chamber, and lay there. ] To the great benefit, no doubt, of the whole fa...
2 Kings 4:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE WIDOW'S OIL (vv.1-7) The history of the Kings is again interrupted to make way for the ministry of Elisha. The bad example of the kings had brought about poverty in the land, and God provide...
2 Kings 4:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Shunammite's Hospitality. B. C. 893. 8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to...
2 Kings 4:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Kings 4:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

SECTION 8. The Wonder-working Ministry Of Elisha ( 2 Kings 4:1 to 2 Kings 8:15 ) It will be noted that from this point on, until 2 Kings 8:15 , no king of Israel is mentioned by name, even thou...
2 Kings 4:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 4:8 . Shunem , in the plain of Esdraelon, at the base of Little Hermon, now Sulam . 2 Kings 4:10 . Chamber on the wall —Probably, as in 2 Samuel 18...
2 Kings 4:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:8-38 What Elisha did for the Shunammite's son, the Church wishes to do for you. I. The Church is like Elisha because it touches you. It touches you through its one book, the Bible; it t...
2 Kings 4:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 4:1 . My two sons to be bondmen. The law of Moses, as well as the laws of all gentile nations, allowed of this for six years. Exodus 21:7 . Josephus, after others says, that she was the w...
2 Kings 4:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

And it fell on a day that Elisha passed to Shunem. Hospitality In these verses there are two very interesting subjects, and of a practical character. I. Hospitality rightfully employed. The...
2 Kings 4:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 4:1-12 TYPICAL MIRACLES WROUGHT BY ELISHA . General introduction . The miracles of this chapter are all of them miracles of mercy. The first and last consist...
2 Kings 4:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Elisha and the Shunammite

2 Kings 4:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 4:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 4:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 4:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 4:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 4:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 4:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 4:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 4:11 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 4:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 4:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 4:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann