2 Kings 4:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. ”

2 Kings 4:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Be stretched himself - Or, “prostrated himself.” The word is a different one from that used of Elijah, and expresses closer contact with the body. Warmth may have been actually communicated from...
2 Kings 4:34 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he went up, and (q) lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the c...
2 Kings 4:34 - 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 4:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child...
2 Kings 4:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Lay upon the child, &c.— See what we have said on 1 Kings 17:21 . REFLECTIONS.— How precarious is every sublunary blessing! how little dependance to be placed upon the comforts of a perishi...
2 Kings 4:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the c...
2 Kings 4:34 - 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 4:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He went up. — Upon the bed ( 2 Kings 1:6 ). And lay upon the child. — Comp. 1 Kings 17:21 . What is hinted at there is described here ( Thenius ). Stretched himself upon the child. — Bowed...
2 Kings 4:34 - 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 4:34 - 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 4:34 - 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 4:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

While I desire the Reader to remark with me the graciousness of God, in thus teaching the early church by such miracles the blessed doctrines of the resurrection; and more particularly, as all of the...
2 Kings 4:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he went up ,.... To the bed, which was on an ascent in the chamber, 2 Kings 1:4 and lay upon the child; as Elijah did on the widow's son of Zarephath, 1 Kings 17:21 and put his mouth upon...
2 Kings 4:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child...
2 Kings 4:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He shut the door upon them twain Upon himself and the dead child, that he might pray to God without interruption, and might more freely use those means which he thought fit. And put his mouth , &a...
2 Kings 4:34 - 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 4:34 - 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 4:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He went up, and lay upon the child; and although some ceremonial uncleanness might seem to be contracted by the touch of this dead body, yet that was justly to give place to a moral duty, and to an...
2 Kings 4:34 - 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 4:34 - 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 4:34 - 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 4:34 - 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 4:34 - 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 4:34 - 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 4:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Shunammite's Son Restored to Life
2 Kings 4:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 17:21 ; Acts 20:10
2 Kings 4:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And put — One part upon another successively; for the disproportion of the bodies would not permit it to be done together. Grew warm — Not by any external heat, which could not be transmitted to th...

2 Kings 4:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 4:34 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Kings 4:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 4:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 4:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 4:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 4:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 4:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 4:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 4:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 4:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 4:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 4:34 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 4:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 4:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 4:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 4:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 4:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes