2 Kings 4:8 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Kings 4:8

6 Now it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not another vessel.” So the oil ceased.

7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.”

Elisha Raises the Shunammite’s Son

8 Now it happened one day that Elisha went to ^aShunem, where there was a notable woman, and she² persuaded him to eat some food. So it was, as often as he passed by, he would turn in there to eat some food.

9 And she said to her husband, “Look now, I know that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us regularly.

10 Please, let us make a small upper room on the wall; and let us put a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; so it will be, whenever he comes to us, he can turn in there.”

11 And it happened one day that he came there, and he turned in to the upper room and lay down there.

12 Then he said to ^aGehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite woman.” When he had called her, she stood before him.

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Definitions of words in 2 Kings 4:8:

As {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

By {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
By {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Day {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Day {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Elisha {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Elisha {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Elisha {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Food {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Food {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Notable {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Often {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

One {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

So {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
So {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
So {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Woman {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Woman {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Other definition entries containing 2 Kings 4:8:

Shunem {Easton's}
Elisha {I.S.B.E.}
Woman {I.S.B.E.}

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