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Elisha and the Shunammite Woman. This gives one of the most delightful pictures of rural life in ancient Israel. It describes the kindly hospitalit...
And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
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 the...
Various Miracles of Elisha The miracles related of Elisha in this and the following Chapter s resemble many of those previously recounted of Elija...
Call her. — The Shunammite is now summoned into the presence of the prophet himself. She stood. — Or, took her stand. Modesty, or reverence fo...
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 illus...
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 co...
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 t...
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...
And he said, call her ,.... Perhaps finding an impulse on his own mind, from the Spirit of God, that this was the thing to be done for her: and wh...
And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door. Ver. 15. Call her. ] See on 2 Kings 4:12 . She stood in the door. ]...
And he said, What then is to be done for her? The above answer being returned to his master by Gehazi, Elisha asked him what he thought might be mo...
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...
The Shunammite's Hospitality. B. C. 893. ...
Out of reverence, humility, and modesty, waiting till he came to her, or called her further in to him.
SECTION 8. The Wonder-working Ministry Of Elisha ( 2 Kings 4:1 to 2 Kings 8:15 ) It will be noted that from this point on, until 2 Kings 8:15 ,...
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...
2). Elisha Seeks To Demonstrate His Gratitude And Promises Her A Son Even Though Her Husband Is Old, And A Son Is Duly Born ( 2 Kings 4:11-17 ). A...
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 ....
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...
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...
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 char...
EXPOSITION 2 Kings 4:1-12 TYPICAL MIRACLES WROUGHT BY ELISHA . General introduction . The miracles of this chapter are all of t...
Elisha and the Shunammite
And he said, desiring to communicate with her directly, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door, her modesty and respect not pe...
15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.