2 Kings 4:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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.d ”

2 Kings 4:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Her husband did not connect the illness with his wife’s demand, but thought she wished to attend one of the prophet’s devotional services. It is evident that such services were now held with someth...
2 Kings 4:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? [it is] neither (n) new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, [It shall be] well. (n) For at such times the people were wont to resort to the prophets f...
2 Kings 4:23 - 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 4:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Wherefore wilt thou go - She was a very prudent woman; she would not harass...
2 Kings 4:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

It is neither new moon nor sabbath— No stated public day, upon which the prophets used to preach and instruct the people, and on which, consequently, they were always to be found by such as wanted...
2 Kings 4:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Wherefore will thou go to him today? it is neither new moon nor sabbath...
2 Kings 4:23 - 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 4:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Wiltt thou go. — Art thou going . Archaic forms of the pronoun and participle are here used. It is neither new moon, nor sabbath. — Comp. Amos 8:5 . This remark is interesting, because it impl...
2 Kings 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What can be the object of this Shunammite in this journey? Are not all her hopes now gone? The child is dead. Had he still life in him there might be hopes. But now he is dead; wherefore go to the pr...
2 Kings 4:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said, wherefore wilt thou go to him today ?.... What reason is there for it? what is the meaning of it? it is neither new moon nor sabbath ; neither the first day of the month, nor the seve...
2 Kings 4:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 23. Wherefore wilt thou go to him today? ] Her husband knew nothing...
2 Kings 4:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

She called to her husband, and said By a messenger whom she sent into the field to him. She seems not to have acquainted him with the child's death; probably she feared, if he knew on what errand s...
2 Kings 4:23 - 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 4:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Death of the Shunammite's Son; The Shunammite's Son Restored. B. C. 887. 18 And wh...
2 Kings 4:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

New moon and sabbath were the chief and usual times in which they resorted to the prophets for instruction, for which he supposed she now went, not suspecting but that the child was well by this ti...
2 Kings 4:23 - 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 4:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 4:22 . That I may run to the man of God —Not waiting to inform her husband of the reason of her mission, lest he should dissuade her, not doubting the mi...
2 Kings 4:23 - 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 4:23 - 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 4:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

And when the child was grown. The empty home The Bible is the most perfectly natural and human book in the world. It deals not with philosophies and theories, but with real human life. The stor...
2 Kings 4:23 - 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 4:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Shunammite's Son Restored to Life
2 Kings 4:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 23:31 ; 2 Kings 4:26 ; Isaiah 1:13-15 ; Numbers 10:10 ; Numbers 28:11
2 Kings 4:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

New moon, &c. — Which were the usual times in which they resorted to the prophets for instruction. It shall be well — My going will not be troublesome to him, nor prejudicial to thee or me.

2 Kings 4:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 4:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Kings 4:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 4:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 4:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 4:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 4:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 4:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 4:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 4:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 4:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 4:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 4:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 4:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 4:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 4:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 4:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 4:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes