Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
2 Kings 4:35
He returned, etc.] The prophet showed the importunity which should mark all effort to obtain a divine blessing.
He returned, etc.] The prophet showed the importunity which should mark all effort to obtain a divine blessing.
Verse 35. _THE CHILD SNEEZED SEVEN TIMES_] That is, it sneezed _abundantly_. When the nervous influence began to act on the muscular system, before the circulation could be in every part restored, pa...
3. THE MIRACLES CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The widow's oil multiplied (2 Kings 4:1)_ 2. The Shunammite and her reward (2 Kings 4:8) 3. The son of the Shunammite raised from the dead (2 Kings 4:18) 4. The dea
ELISHA AND THE SHUNAMMITE WOMAN. This gives one of the most delightful pictures of rural life in ancient Israel. It describes the kindly hospitality of the great lady of Shunem, the accommodation prov...
_Then he returned_ i.e. left the bed. _and walked in the house to and fro_ The R.V. inserts -once" before -to and fro", which is according to the Hebrew. The exertion which he had used, and the emoti...
C. RESURRECTION OF THE SHUNAMMITE'S Song of Solomon 4:18-37 TRANSLATION (18) And the child grew, and it came to pass one day that he went unto his father to the reapers. (19) And he said unto his fat...
_THEN HE RETURNED, AND WALKED IN THE HOUSE TO AND FRO; AND WENT UP, AND STRETCHED HIMSELF UPON HIM: AND THE CHILD SNEEZED SEVEN TIMES, AND THE CHILD OPENED HIS EYES._ The child sneezed seven times, a...
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 4 ELISHA PROVIDES OIL FOR A WIDOW V1 A man’s widow went to speak to Elisha. The man had been a member of a group of *...
HE RETURNED. — From off the bed. WALKED IN THE HOUSE TO AND FRO. — Or, in the _chamber_. Elisha’s walking to and fro is an index of intense excitement. He was earnestly expecting the fulfilment of hi...
וַ יָּ֜שָׁב וַ יֵּ֣לֶךְ בַּ † בַּ֗יִת...
ELISHA'S MIRACLES 2 Kings 4:1 WE are now in the full tide of Elisha's miracles, and as regards many of them we can do little more than illustrate the text as it stands. The record of them clearly co...
THE DEAD BOY RESTORED TO LIFE 2 Kings 4:25 There is fine illustration in this chapter of a noble reverence for goodness, of a good man's gratitude, and of the large reward that never fails those who...
The ministry of Elisha stands in many respects in vivid contrast with that of Elijah. There is a gentleness about it which inevitably reminds us of that of the Messiah Himself in His day. Instead of s...
Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed (r) seven times, and the child opened his eyes. (r) Meaning, often....
Upon him. Septuagint, "he breathed," &c. (Calmet) --- Other copies, (Alexandrian and Vatican) "he bent down upon the child seven times, and the child opened his eyes." --- Gaped. Protestants, "sneezed...
While I desire the Reader to remark with me the graciousness of God, in thus teaching the early church by such miracles the blessed doctrines of the resurrection; and more particularly, as all of them...
However, the next chapter (2 Kings 3:1-27) brings us at once into earthly circumstances. "Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of J...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3 AND 4. In the following chapter we enter into the historical part of Elisha's ministry. Jehoram goes to war; and, although less wicked than his father, the...
THEN HE RETURNED AND WALKED IN THE HOUSE TO AND FRO,.... Left the chamber, and came down to the house where the family chiefly resided, and walked to and fro in deep thought and meditation, and, no do...
Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. Ver. 35. _Then he returned, and wa...
_Then he returned and walked in the house_ Exercising his mind in prayer to God. _And went up_, &c. Repeating his former actions, to teach us not to be discouraged in our prayers, if we be not speedil...
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...
Then he returned and walked in the house to and fro, as one under the stress of a great emotion, awaiting the fulfillment of his prayer; AND WENT UP AND STRETCHED HIMSELF UPON HIM. AND THE CHILD SNEEZ...
The Shunammite's Son Restored to Life...
THE WIDOW'S OIL (vv.1-7) The history of the Kings is again interrupted to make way for the ministry of Elisha. The bad example of the kings had brought about poverty in the land, and God provided g...
TO AND FRO: _ Heb._ once hither, and once thither...
18-37 Here is the sudden death of the child. All the mother's tenderness cannot keep alive a child of promise, a child of prayer, one given in love. But how admirably does the prudent, pious mother,...
WALKED IN THE HOUSE TO AND FRO: he changeth his postures for his own necessary refreshment, and walked to and fro, exercising his mind in prayer to God, and faith, for the accomplishment of this work....
2 Kings 4:35 returned H7725 (H8799) walked H3212 (H8799) back H259 H2008 forth H259 H2008 house...
3). WHEN THE SON GROWS TO BOYHOOD HE DIES SUDDENLY, AND ON THE WOMAN APPEALING TO ELISHA, HE RAISES HER SON FROM THE DEAD (2 KINGS 4:18). One thing worse than not having a son and heir, especially in...
ELISHA AND THE SHUNAMMITE WOMAN (2 KINGS 4:8). Shunem was near a well travelled road between Mount Carmel and Jezreel, one which Elisha would use frequently. In the process he became recognised by a w...
2 Kings 4:8 What Elisha did for the Shunammite's son, the Church wishes to do for you. I. The Church is like Elisha because it touches you. It touches you through its one book, the Bible; it touches...
CONTENTS: Increase of the widow's oil. Woman of Shunom and her son restored to life. Noxious pottage healed. A hundred men fed. CHARACTERS: God, Elisha, widow, Shunanmite woman, Gehazi, sons of proph...
2 Kings 4:1. _My two sons to be bondmen._ The law of Moses, as well as the laws of all gentile nations, allowed of this for six years. Exodus 21:7. Josephus, after others says, that she was the widow...
_He went therefore, and shut the door upon them twain._ THE STAFF AND THE SACRIFICE The story of the Shunammite and her son is one of the most charming idyls in the Bible. It abounds in the most beau...
_And when the child was grown._ THE EMPTY HOME The Bible is the most perfectly natural and human book in the world. It deals not with philosophies and theories, but with real human life. The story o...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 4:1 Several more miracles by Elisha remind the reader of the miracles performed by his predecessor, Elijah. ⇐...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 4:22. THAT I MAY RUN TO THE MAN OF GOD—Not waiting to inform her husband of the reason of her mission, lest he should dissuade her, not doubting the miraculou...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 4:1 TYPICAL MIRACLES WROUGHT BY ELISHA. General _introduction_._ _The miracles of this chapter are all of them miracles of mercy. The first and last consist in the multiplying of f...
Now there was a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets who came to Elisha, saying, My husband is dead; and his creditors is come to take my two boys as slaves to pay for his debt. And...
1 Kings 17:22; 2 Kings 13:21; 2 Kings 8:1; 2 Kings 8:5; Acts 9:40;...
He walked — He changeth his postures for his own necessary refreshment, and walked to and fro, exercising his mind in prayer to God. And went — Repeating his former actions, to teach us not to be disc...