2 Kings 4:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slacke not thy riding for me, except I bid thee. ”

2 Kings 4:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Slack not thy riding - Translate, “delay me not in my riding, except I bid thee.” The servant went on foot with the donkey to urge it forward, as is the ordinary custom in the East.
2 Kings 4:24 - 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 4:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee. Drive, and go forward - It is customary in the East for a servant to walk al...
2 Kings 4:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Drive, and go forward— The appearance of travellers in the Holy Land, differs a good deal from that of those who journey among us. To see a person mounted, and attended by a servant on foot, wo...
2 Kings 4:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee. Said to her servant, Drive, and go forward. It is usual for women to ri...
2 Kings 4:24 - 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 4:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Then she saddled an ass. — And she saddled the ass — i.e. , which the young man brought, and probably saddled at her bidding. Slack not thy riding for me. — Literally, restrain me not from r...
2 Kings 4:24 - 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 4:24 - 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 4:24 - 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 4:24 - 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 4:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then she saddled an ass ,.... Her servant did it by her order: and said to her servant, drive, and go forward ; make all the haste he could: slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee ; do n...
2 Kings 4:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not [thy] riding for me, except I bid thee. Ver. 24. Drive, and go forward. ] Put on as fast as thou canst. Dolor ad...
2 Kings 4:24 - 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 4:24 - 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 4:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Kings 4:24 - 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 4:24 - 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 4:24 - 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 4:24 - 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 4:24 - 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 4:24 - 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 4:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Shunammite's Son Restored to Life
2 Kings 4:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 13:13 ; 1 Kings 13:23 ; 1 Samuel 25:19 ; 1 Samuel 25:20 ; Exodus 4:20

2 Kings 4:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 4:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 4:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 4:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 4:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 4:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 4:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 4:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 4:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 4:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 4:24 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 4:24 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 4:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 4:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 4:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge