He called Gehazi, and said, “Call this Shunammite!” So he called her. When she had come in to him, he said, “Take up your son.”
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He called Gehazi, and said, “Call this Shunammite!” So he called her. When she had come in to him, he said, “Take up your son.”
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And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
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And he called Gehazi, and said: 'Call this Shunammite.' So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said: 'Take up thy son.'
Cross-references (3)
Passages linked to 2 Kings 4:36 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Hebrews 11:35 Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
- 1 Kings 17:23 Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the room into the house, and delivered him to his mother; and Elijah said, “Behold, your son lives.”
- Luke 7:15 He who was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he gave him to his mother.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ki 4:36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call…
2Ki 4:36 And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.
Ver. 36. Take up thy son.] Now two sons in one, and never so dear to thee, I daresay, as now. God knows how to commend his favours to us, and to make them double welcome.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Come in unto him, Heb. come to him, to…
Come in unto him, Heb. come to him, to wit, to the door of his chamber; where probably he met her with this joyful message.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he called Gehazi, and said, call this Shunammite,....…
And he called Gehazi, and said, call this Shunammite,.... To come up to the chamber to him:
so he called her: and when she was come in unto him, he said, take up thy son; from off the bed, alive, safe, and sound.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Unto him - To the door.
Unto him - To the door.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ki 4:36-37. When she was come in unto him…
2Ki 4:36-37. When she was come in unto him — Hebrew, come to him, namely, to the door of his chamber, where probably he met her with the joyful message. Then she went in — Into his chamber: and after she had thrown herself at his feet, full of humility and gratitude, and reverencing him as an angel of God, she went to the bed, took up her son, and went out — Publishing, no doubt, this wonderful work of God to all her family; who made it known abroad.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Take up thy son - Compare Elijah’s action (marginal…
Take up thy son - Compare Elijah’s action (marginal reference “t”) and our Blessed Lord’s Luk 7:15.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 36. Take up thy son] Cf. Christ’s words, Luk_7:15.
36. Take up thy son] Cf. Christ’s words, Luk_7:15.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (36) Take up thy son.—So our Lord “delivered to…
(36) Take up thy son.—So our Lord “delivered to his mother” the young man whom He raised from death by His word (Luk_7:15).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite;…
And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite; i.e. tell her to come here. No time was to be lost in restoring the child to his mother, now that he was alive again. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son; i.e. lift him up, take him in thine arms, feel him to be all thine own once more.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 4:36-37 Again, Gehazi summoned the woman (4:12, 15), and…
4:36-37 Again, Gehazi summoned the woman (4:12, 15), and again, she fell at Elisha’s feet (4:27), this time overwhelmed with gratitude rather than anguish.
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