2 Kings 4:28 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? ”

2 Kings 4:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Great grief shrinks from putting itself into words. The Shunammite cannot bring herself to say, “My son is dead;” but by reproaching the prophet with having “deceived” her, she sufficiently indicat...
2 Kings 4:28 - 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 4:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

deceive . cajole.
2 Kings 4:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? Did I desire a son of my lord? - I expressed no such wish to thee; I was contented and happy; and when thou didst promi...
2 Kings 4:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and...
2 Kings 4:28 - 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 4:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Then. — And ; so in 2 Kings 4:29 ; 2 Kings 4:35 . Did I desire ( ask ) a son of my lord? — Only the conclusion of her appeal is given. She says, Better to have had no son, than to have had...
2 Kings 4:28 - 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 4:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Dead Boy Restored to Life 2 Kings 4:25-37 There is fine illustration in this chapter of a noble reverence for goodness, of a good man's gratitude, and of the large reward that never fails t...
2 Kings 4:28 - 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 4:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This is a most interesting part of the narrative. It is here rising to a great degree of earnestness. Her whole soul was in action, and the body participated, as is evident in catching hold of the pr...
2 Kings 4:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then she said, did I desire a son of my lord ?.... 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,...
2 Kings 4:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? Ver. 28. Did I desire a son of my lord? ] Was I too desirous, or unduly importunate? for if so, the loss of the chil...
2 Kings 4:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

She said, Did I desire a son of my lord? This child was not given to me upon my immoderate desire, for which I might have justly been thus chastised; but was freely promised to me by thee in God's...
2 Kings 4:28 - 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 4:28 - 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 4:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This child was not given to me upon my immoderate desire, for which I might have justly been thus chastised, as Rachel was, Genesis 30:1 , compared with Genesis 35:18 ; but was freely promised...
2 Kings 4:28 - 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 4:28 - 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 4:28 - 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 4:28 - 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 4:28 - 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 4:28 - 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 4:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Shunammite's Son Restored to Life
2 Kings 4:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 4:16 ; Genesis 30:1
2 Kings 4:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

She said — This child was not given to me upon my immoderate desire, for which I might have justly been thus chastised, but was freely promised by thee in God's name, and from his special favour. D...

2 Kings 4:28 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 4:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:28 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 4:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 4:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 4:28 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 4:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 4:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 4:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 4:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 4:28 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 4:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 4:28 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 4:28 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 4:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 4:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 4:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 4:28 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes