Chapter 4

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am 3110, bc 894

sons 2Kgs 4:38, 2Kgs 2:3, 2Kgs 2:5; 1Kgs 20:35

thy servant did fear Gen 22:12; 1Kgs 18:3; Neh 7:2; Ps 103:11, Ps 103:17, Ps 112:1-2, Ps 115:13, Ps 147:11; Eccl 8:12, Eccl 12:13; Mal 3:16, Mal 4:2; Acts 13:26; Rev 15:4, Rev 19:5

the creditor Lev 25:39-40, Lev 25:48; Neh 5:2-5, Neh 10:31; Jer 34:14; Matt 18:25, Matt 18:30, Matt 18:35; Jas 2:13


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What shall I 2Kgs 2:9, 2Kgs 6:26-27; Matt 15:34; John 6:5-7; Acts 3:6; 2Cor 6:10

save a pot of oil 1Kgs 17:12; Jas 2:5


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empty vessels 2Kgs 3:16; John 2:7

borrow not a few Heb. scant not, 2Kgs 13:18-19; Ps 81:10; John 16:24


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thou shalt shut 2Kgs 4:32-33; 1Kgs 17:19-20; Isa 26:20; Matt 6:6; Mark 5:40; Acts 9:40

and shalt pour Mark 6:37-44, Mark 8:5-9; John 2:7-9, John 6:11; Eph 3:20


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she went 2Kgs 5:11; 1Kgs 17:15-16; Luke 1:45; Heb 11:7-8


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when the vessels 2Kgs 4:43-44; Matt 9:29, Matt 13:58, Matt 14:20, Matt 15:37; Luke 6:19; 2Chr 6:12-13

And the oil 2Kgs 13:19; Josh 5:12; 1Kgs 17:14; John 6:12


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pay Ps 37:21; Rom 12:17; Phil 4:8; 1Thess 2:9-10, 1Thess 4:12; 2Thess 3:7-12

debt or, creditor


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it fell on Heb. there was, 2Kgs 4:11, 2Kgs 4:18

Shunem This city was situated in the tribe of Issachar, five miles south from mount Tabor, according to Eusebius; and is probably the place which he calls Sanim, in Acrabatene, in the neighbourhood of Samaria or Sebaste. 2Kgs 4:12; Josh 19:18; 1Sam 28:4; 1Kgs 1:3

a great woman 2Sam 19:32; Job 1:3, Job 32:9; Luke 1:15

she constrained him Heb. she laid hold on him, Gen 19:3; Judg 19:20; Prov 7:21; Luke 14:23, Luke 24:29; Acts 16:15


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she said Prov 31:10-11; 1Pet 3:1

this is Matt 5:16; 1Thess 2:10; Titus 1:8; 2Pet 1:21, 2Pet 3:2

man of God Deut 33:1; 1Kgs 13:1, 1Kgs 17:18, 1Kgs 17:24; 1Tim 6:11


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Let us Isa 32:8; Matt 10:41-42, Matt 25:40; Mark 9:41; Luke 8:3; Rom 12:13; Heb 10:24; Heb 13:2; 1Pet 4:9-10

a little chamber An aleeyah, or oleah, as the Arabs call it; a small back house annexed to the principal dwelling, in which the prophet could live in a great privacy as in his own house, and to which he could retire at pleasure, without breaking in upon the private affairs of the family, or being in his turn interrupted by them in his devotions. See note on Judg 3:20, and see note on 1Kgs 17:19


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Gehazi 2Kgs 4:29-31, 2Kgs 5:20-27, 2Kgs 8:4-5

servant 2Kgs 3:11; 1Kgs 18:43, 1Kgs 19:3; Acts 13:5


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thou hast Matt 10:40-42; Luke 9:3-5; Rom 16:2, Rom 16:6; Phil 4:18-19; 1Thess 5:12-13; 2Tim 1:16-18; Heb 6:10

to the king 2Kgs 3:15-18, 2Kgs 8:3-6; Gen 14:24; 2Sam 19:32-38

to the captain 2Kgs 9:5; 2Sam 19:13; 1Kgs 2:32

I dwell 1Tim 6:6-8; Heb 13:5

among mine 2Kgs 8:1; Ruth 1:1-4; Ps 37:3


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she hath no child Gen 15:2-3, Gen 17:17, Gen 18:10-14, Gen 25:21, Gen 30:1; Judg 13:2; 1Sam 1:2, 1Sam 1:8; Luke 1:7


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About this Gen 17:21, Gen 18:10, Gen 18:14

season Heb. set time

thou shalt Gen 17:16-17; Luke 1:13, Luke 1:30-31

my lord 2Kgs 2:19

do not lie 2Kgs 4:28, 2Kgs 5:10-11; Gen 18:12-15; 1Kgs 17:18, 1Kgs 18:9; Ps 116:11; Luke 1:18-20


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Gen 21:1; 1Sam 1:19-20; Ps 113:9; Luke 1:24-25, Luke 1:36; Heb 11:11


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to the reapers Ruth 2:4


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My head From this peculiar exclamation, and the season of the year, it is probable he was affected by the coup de soleil, or stroke of the sun, which is by no means uncommon in hot climates, and often proves fatal. Job 14:1-2; Jer 4:19


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his mother Isa 49:15, Isa 66:13; Luke 7:12

and then died Gen 22:2, Gen 37:3, Gen 37:5; 1Kgs 17:17; Ezek 24:16-18; Luke 2:35; John 11:3, John 11:5, John 11:14


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the bed 2Kgs 4:10; 1Kgs 17:19


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I may run 2Kgs 4:24, 2Kgs 4:26; John 11:3; Acts 9:38


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new moon Num 10:10, Num 28:11; 1Chr 23:31; Isa 1:13-15

well Heb. peace, 2Kgs 4:26


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Then she Exod 4:20; 1Sam 25:20; 1Kgs 13:13, 1Kgs 13:23

an ass These animals were not anciently, as now, used only by the lower classes, but were in general use among the noble and chief personages of the East, and it was not unusual for even the husband to walk by the side of his wife while thus riding; the driver, as was the custom, following. The Shunammite, when she went to the prophet, did not desire so much attendance; but only requested her husband to send her an ass and its driver.

Drive 1Sam 25:19

slack not thy riding for me Heb. restrain not for me to ride


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to mount 2Kgs 2:25; 1Kgs 18:19, 1Kgs 18:42; Isa 35:2


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Run now Zech 2:4

Is it well with thee Gen 29:6, Gen 37:14; 1Sam 17:18; Matt 10:12-13; Acts 15:36

It is well 2Kgs 4:23; Lev 10:3; 1Sam 3:18; Job 1:21-22; Ps 39:9


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him by the feet Heb. by his feet, Matt 28:9; Luke 7:38

thrust Matt 15:23, Matt 20:31; Mark 10:13; John 4:27, John 12:4-6

Let her alone Mark 14:6; John 12:7

vexed Heb. bitter, 1Sam 1:10; Job 10:1; Prov 14:10, Prov 18:14

hid it from me 2Kgs 6:12; Gen 18:17; 2Sam 7:3; Amos 3:7; John 15:15


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Did I desire Gen 30:1

Do not 2Kgs 4:16


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Gird up thy loins 2Kgs 9:1; 1Kgs 18:46; Eph 6:14; 1Pet 1:13

take my 2Kgs 2:14; Exod 4:17

salute him not Luke 10:4

lay my staff 2Kgs 2:8, 2Kgs 2:14; Exod 7:19-20, Exod 14:16; Josh 6:4-5; Acts 3:16, Acts 19:12


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As the Lord 2Kgs 2:2, 2Kgs 2:4

I will not Exod 33:12-16; Ruth 1:16-18


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neither voice 1Sam 14:37, 1Sam 28:6; Ezek 14:3; Matt 17:16-21; Mark 9:19-29; Acts 19:13-17

hearing Heb. attention, 1Kgs 18:26, 1Kgs 18:29

not awaked Job 14:12; Dan 12:2; Mark 5:39; John 11:11, John 11:43-44; Eph 5:14


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the child 1Kgs 17:17; Luke 8:52-53; John 11:17


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shut the door 2Kgs 4:4; Matt 6:6

prayed 2Kgs 5:11, 2Kgs 6:17-18, 2Kgs 6:20; 1Kgs 17:20-21, 1Kgs 18:26-27; John 11:41-42; Acts 9:40; Jas 5:13-18


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1Kgs 17:21; Acts 20:10


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to and fro Heb. once hither and once thither

and the child opened 2Kgs 8:1, 2Kgs 8:5, 2Kgs 13:21; 1Kgs 17:22; Luke 7:14-15, Luke 8:55; John 11:43-44; Acts 9:40


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Call this Shunammite 2Kgs 4:12

Take up 1Kgs 17:23; Luke 7:15; Heb 11:35


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fell at his feet 2Kgs 4:27, 2Kgs 2:15; 1Kgs 17:24


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Elisha 2Kgs 2:1; 1Sam 7:16-17; Acts 10:38, Acts 15:36

a dearth 2Kgs 8:1; Lev 26:26; Deut 28:22-24, Deut 28:38-40; 2Sam 21:1; Jer 14:1-6; Ezek 14:13; Luke 4:25

the sons 2Kgs 2:3; 1Sam 19:20

were sitting Prov 8:34; Luke 2:46, Luke 8:35, Luke 8:38, Luke 10:39; Acts 22:3

Set on the great pot Mark 6:37, Mark 8:2-6; Luke 9:13; John 21:5, John 21:9


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a wild vine Isa 5:4; Jer 2:21; Matt 15:13; Heb 12:15

wild gourds The word pakkuoth, from peka, in Chaldee, to burst, and in Syriac, to crack, thunder, is generally supposed to be the fruits of the coloquintida, or colocynth; whose leaves are large, placed alternately, very much like those of the vine, whence it might be called a wild vine. The flowers are white, and the fruit of the gourd kind, of the size of a large apple, and when ripe, of a yellow colour, and a pleasant and inviting appearance. It ranks among vegetable poisons, as all intense bitters do; but, judiciously employed, it is of considerable use in medicine. It is said that the fruit, when ripe, is so full of wind that it bursts, and throws its liquor and seeds to a great distance, and if touched, before it breaks of itself, it flies open with an explosion, and discharges its foetid contents in the face of him who touched it.


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O thou 2Kgs 4:9, 2Kgs 1:9, 2Kgs 1:11, 2Kgs 1:13; Deut 33:1; 1Kgs 17:18

death Exod 10:17, Exod 15:23; Mark 16:18


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he cast 2Kgs 2:21, 2Kgs 5:10, 2Kgs 6:6; Exod 15:25; John 9:6; 1Cor 1:25

there Acts 28:5

harm Heb. evil thing


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Baalshalisha 1Sam 9:4, 1Sam 9:7

bread 2Kgs 4:38; Exod 23:16; Deut 12:6, Deut 26:2-10; 1Sam 9:7; 2Chr 11:13-14; Prov 3:9-10; 1Cor 9:11; Gal 6:6

of barley 2Kgs 7:1, 2Kgs 7:16-18; Deut 8:8, Deut 32:14; John 6:9, John 6:13

the husk thereof or, his scrip, or garment, Note: Parched corn, or corn to be parched; full ears before they are ripe, parched on the fire. A very frequent food in the East. The loaves were probably extremely small, as their loaves of bread still are in eastern countries. But small as this may appear, it would be a considerable present in the time of famine; though very inadequate to the number of persons. Baal-shalisha, of which the person who made this seasonable present was an inhabitant, was situated, according to Eusebius and Jerome, fifteen miles north of Diospolis, or Lydda.


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his servitor 2Kgs 4:12

What Matt 14:16-17, Matt 15:33-34; Mark 6:37-39, Mark 8:4; Luke 9:13; John 6:9

They shall eat Matt 14:20, Matt 15:37, Matt 16:8-10; Mark 6:42-43, Mark 8:20; Luke 9:17; John 6:11-13


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