What does 2 Kings 4:8 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And it fell on a day,b that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread."
Verse 2 Kings 4:8. _ELISHA PASSED TO SHUNEM_] This city was in the tribe of Issachar, to the south of the brook Kishon, and at the foot of Mount Tabor. _WHERE_ WAS _A GREAT WOMAN_] In _Pirkey Rab. El...
AND IT FELL ON A DAY - The original of the expression here used, which occurs three times in the present narrative 2 Kings 4:11, 2 Kings 4:18, is also found in Job 1:6, Job 1:13; Job 2:1. The characte...
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...
SHUNEM. In the plain of Esdraelon. The native place of Abishag (1 Kings 1:3). GREAT. wealthy, or. person of position (2 Samuel 19:32)....
Elisha promises a son to the hospitable Shunammite (Not in Chronicles) 8. _And it fell on a day_ From its use elsewhere the Hebrew noun, as here, with the article signifies -on that day", -at that ti...
B. PREDICTIONS REGARDING THE SHUNAMMITE 4:8-17 TRANSLATION (8) And it came to pass one day that Elisha passed over unto Shunem, and there was a great lady who constrained him to eat bread. And it cam...
_AND IT FELL ON A DAY, THAT ELISHA PASSED TO SHUNEM, WHERE WAS A GREAT WOMAN; AND SHE CONSTRAINED HIM TO EAT BREAD. AND SO IT WAS, THAT AS OFT AS HE PASSED BY, HE TURNED IN THITHER TO EAT BREAD._ Eli...
4:8 wealthy (a-17) Strictly, 'great.'...
VARIOUS MIRACLES OF ELISHA The miracles related of Elisha in this and the following Chapter s resemble many of those previously recounted of Elijah. Thus both prophets multiplied the sustenance of a w...
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 *p...
AND IT FELL ON A DAY. — Rather, _And it came to pass at that time._ Literally, _during that day_, referring to the period of the miracle just related. Perhaps, too, the contrast of the poor and rich w...
וַ יְהִ֨י הַ יֹּ֜ום וַ יַּעֲבֹ֧ר אֱלִישָׁ֣ע אֶל ־שׁוּנֵ֗ם וְ שָׁם֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה גְדֹולָ֔ה וַ...
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...
ENTERTAINING A PROPHET 2 Kings 4:8 The real man needs a very small supply of outward comfort, because his life is hid in God. It does not consist in the abundance of things that he possesses, but in...
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...
_Sunam, the birth-place of the beautiful virgin Abisag, (3 Kings i. 3.) at the foot of Thabor, (Calmet) and not above a mile from Carmel, ver. 23. (Tirinus) --- Great woman, "renowned for piety" (Arab...
It appears from Elisha's history that he frequently travelled from mount Carmel to Samaria, and therefore was necessarily obliged to ass through Shunem, which was a small city belonging to the tribe o...
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...
AND IT FELL ON A DAY,.... Or so it was at a certain time: THAT ELISHA PASSED TO SHUNEM; a city in the tribe of Issachar; of which see Joshua 19:18, WHERE WAS A GREAT WOMAN; of great wealth and riche...
And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where [was] a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And [so] it was, [that] as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread....
_Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman_ Great for estate, or birth and quality. _And she constrained him to eat bread_ Pressed him with great importunity, and at length, with great difficul...
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...
And it fell on a day, just about that time, THAT ELISHA PASSED TO SHUNEM, a city in the northern part of the Plain of Jezreel, on the slope of the Little Hermon, WHERE WAS A GREAT WOMAN, one of consid...
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...
IT FELL ON A DAY: _ Heb._ there was a day CONSTRAINED: _ Heb._ laid hold on him...
8-17 Elisha was well thought of by the king of Israel for his late services; a good man can take as much pleasure in serving others, as in raising himself. But the Shunammite needed not any good offic...
TO SHUNNAM a city in Issachar, near Mount Carmel, JOSHUA 19:17,18, whither the prophet frequently went. WAS A GREAT WOMAN; for estate, or birth and quality. See GENESIS 24:35 1 SAMUEL 25:2. SHE CONSTR...
2 Kings 4:8 day H3117 Elisha H477 went H5674 (H8799) Shunem H7766 notable H1419 woman H802 persuaded H2388 (H8686) eat H398 (H8800) food H3899 often H1767 passed H5674 (H8800) turn H5493 (H8799) eat H...
SECTION 8. THE WONDER-WORKING MINISTRY OF ELISHA (2 KINGS 4:1 TO 2 KINGS 8:15) It will be noted that from this point on, until 2 Kings 8:15, no king of Israel is mentioned by name, even though, for ex...
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...
_Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets._ THE WIDOW’S POT OF OIL If we are to believe the voice of tradition as expressed by Josephus, the subject of this touching s...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 4:1 Several more miracles by Elisha remind the reader of the miracles performed by his predecessor, Elijah. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 4:8. SHUNEM, in the plain of Esdraelon, at the base of Little Hermon, now _Sulam_. 2 Kings 4:10. CHAMBER ON THE WALL—Probably, as in 2 Samuel 18:33, a chambe...
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 1:3; 1 Samuel 28:4; 2 Kings 4:11; 2 Kings 4:12; 2 Kings 4:18; 2 Samuel 19:32; Acts 16:15; Genesis 19:3; Job 1:3; Job 32:9;...
Great — For estate, or birth and quality....