2 Kings 4:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

2 Kings 4:17 - 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 4:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

of life, or of spring. Read "that season about the time of spring of which Klisha had said unto her". The sixth miracle. Compare 2 Kings 2:15 .
2 Kings 4:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
2 Kings 4:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old. No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Kings 4:17 - 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 4:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And the woman conceived. — Comp. with this verse Genesis 21:2 . Said. — Promised. According to the time of life. — See Note on 2 Kings 4:16 .
2 Kings 4:17 - 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 4:17 - 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 4:17 - 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 4:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

In order to have a clear conception of the great earnestness manifested among all the Israelites for children, it should be remembered that this was with an eye to the coming Messiah. That promised s...
2 Kings 4:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the woman conceived, and bare a son at the season that Elisha said unto her ,.... Quickly after this she conceived, and became pregnant, and by that time the year came round, she was brought to...
2 Kings 4:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life. Ver. 17. And the woman conceived. ] The like whereunto fell out in the last age...
2 Kings 4:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

About this season, according to the time of life About this time next year; see on Genesis 18:10 ; thou shall embrace a son She had received this prophet in the name of a prophet , and now she...
2 Kings 4:17 - 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 4:17 - 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 4:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Kings 4:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Elisha And The Shunammite Woman ( 2 Kings 4:8-37 ). Shunem was near a well travelled road between Mount Carmel and Jezreel, one which Elisha would use frequently. In the process he became recognis...
2 Kings 4:17 - 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 4:17 - 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 4:17 - 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 4:17 - 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 4:17 - 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 4:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Elisha and the Shunammite
2 Kings 4:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 1:19 ; 1 Samuel 1:20 ; Genesis 21:1 ; Hebrews 11:11 ; Luke 1:24 ; Luke 1:25 ; Luke 1:36 ; Psalms 113:9
2 Kings 4:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Time of life — See Genesis 18:10 on Genesis 18:10 .

2 Kings 4:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 4:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 4:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 4:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 4:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 4:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 4:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 4:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 4:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 4:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 4:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 4:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 4:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 4:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 4:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 4:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes