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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4 - Introduction

* Elisha multiplies the widow's oil. (1-7) The Shunammite obtains a son. (8-17) The Shunammite's son restored to life. (18-37) The miracle of healing the pottage, and of feeding the sons of the prophets. (38-44)

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See also 2 Kings 4 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    2 KINGS 4:1 TO 2 KINGS 6:23. STORIES ABOUT ELISHA AS A WONDER-WORKER. The miracles of Elisha fill a considerable part of the early Chapter s of 2 K. They are mostly beneficent in character, and this p...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _ELISHA MULTIPLIETH THE WIDOW'S OIL; HE PROMISETH A SON TO THE SHUNAMMITE, AND RAISETH HIM UP WHEN DEAD. HE FEEDS AN HUNDRED MEN WITH A FEW LOAVES._ _Before Christ 895._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER SEVENTEEN PRIVATE MIRACLES IN THE MINISTRY OF ELISHA 2 Kings 4:1 to 2 Kings 6:7 Elisha was truly God's wonder worker among the Old Testament prophets. His ministry was undergirded by a large...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:8 [garment], (a-13) Or 'a hairy man.'...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 4 This chapter treats of the miracles of Elisha, of his multiplying a poor widow's pot of oil for the payment of her husband's debts, 2 Kings 4:1 of obtaining a son for a Shun...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 3109. B.C. 895._ Elisha multiplies the widow's oil, 2 Kings 4:1. Obtains a son for the Shunammite, 2 Kings 4:8. Raises him again to life, 2 Kings 4:18. Heals the deadly pottage,...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Elisha multiplieth the widowes oyle. 8 Hee giueth a sonne to the good Shunammite. 18 Hee raiseth againe her dead sonne. 38 At Gilgal hee healeth the deadly pottage. 42 Hee satisfieth an hundred...

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