2 Kings 4:29 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

2 Kings 4:29

27 Now when she came to the man of God at the hill, she caught him by the feet, but Gehazi came near to push her away. But the man of God said, “Let her alone; for her soul is in deep distress, and the Lord has hidden it from me, and has not told me.”

28 So she said, “Did I ask a son of my lord? ^aDid I not say, ‘Do not deceive me’?”

29 Then he said to Gehazi, ^a“Get yourself ready, and take my staff in your hand, and be on your way. If you meet anyone, ^bdo not greet him; and if anyone greets you, do not answer him; but ^clay my staff on the face of the child.”

30 And the mother of the child said, ^a“As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, ^bI will not leave you.” So he arose and followed her.

31 Now Gehazi went on ahead of them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither voice nor hearing. Therefore he went back to meet him, and told him, saying, “The child has ^anot awakened.”

32 When Elisha came into the house, there was the child, lying dead on his bed.

33 He ^awent in therefore, shut the door behind the two of them, ^band prayed to the Lord.

34 And he went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands; and ^ahe stretched himself out on the child, and the flesh of the child became warm.

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I & II Kings

THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF KINGS, in the ancient copies of the Hebrew Bible, constitute one book. Various titles have been given them; in the Septuagint and the Vulgate they are called the Third and Fourth Books of Kings. The authorship of these books is unknown; but the prevailing opinion is that they were compiled by Ezra, or one of the later prophets, from the ancient documents that are so frequently referred to in the course of the history as of public and established authority. Their inspired character was acknowledged by the Jewish Church, which ranked them in the sacred canon; and, besides, it is attested by our Lord, who frequently quotes from them (compare I Kings 17:9; II Kings 5:14 with Luke 4:24-27; I Kings 10:1 with Matthew 12:42).

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