2 Kings 4:12

1 Kings 18:43; 1 Kings 19:3; 2 Kings 3:11; 2 Kings 4:29-31; 2 Kings 5:20-27; 2 Kings 8:4; 2 Kings 8:5; Acts 13:5

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 4:12

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 hospitalit...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

servant . young man.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. Gehazi his servant - This is the first tim...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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 Elija...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Gehazi his servant . — First mentioned here. His name means “valley of vision,” and is perhaps derived from his native place, which may have got its...
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 illus...
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 co...
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 t...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There is a nobleness of soul in the woman, in thus declining court favor. The prophet's interest was more with God than with the king. It is as if sh...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said to Gehazi his servant ,.... Who attended him wherever he went, and ministered to him, and lay very probably in the same chamber with him...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. Ver. 12. Call this Shunammite. ] Gehazi...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

She stood before him The narrative seems to be a little perplexed, but may be thus conceived: it is in this verse recorded in the general, that the...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Shunammite's Hospitality. B. C. 893. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Before the prophet, in the door of his chamber, as it is said, 2 Kings 4:15 . The relation seems to be a little perplexed, but may be thus co...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 ,...
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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 ....
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...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
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 t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Elisha and the Shunammite
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he said to Gehazi, his servant, of whom nothing else is known, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him, that is,...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

She stood — The relation seems to be a little perplexed, but may be thus conceived. It is in this verse recorded in the general, that the prophet s...

¹² And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 4:12

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Kings 4:12