Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Kings 4:9
An holy man of God; a prophet, as Judges 13:6, and that of eminent holiness, by our kindness to whom we shall procure a blessing to ourselves.
An holy man of God; a prophet, as Judges 13:6, and that of eminent holiness, by our kindness to whom we shall procure a blessing to ourselves.
Verse 2 Kings 4:9. _THIS IS A HOLY MAN OF GOD_] That is, _a prophet_, as the _Chaldee_ interprets it. _WHICH PASSETH BY US CONTINUALLY._] It probably lay in his way to some school of the prophets tha...
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...
HOLY. See note on Exodus 3:5....
_she said unto her husband_ The woman was not content with providing food, but out of reverence for the character of the visitor, desired to provide a lodging also. _I perceive that this_is _a holy ma...
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 SHE SAID UNTO HER HUSBAND, BEHOLD NOW, I PERCEIVE THAT THIS IS AN HOLY MAN OF GOD, WHICH PASSETH BY US CONTINUALLY._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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 *...
AN HOLY MAN OF GOD. — The term “holy” is not a merely ornamental or conventional epithet of the “man of God” (_i.e._, prophet) as such, but denotes the special moral elevation of Elisha. CONTINUALLY....
וַ תֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֶל ־אִישָׁ֔הּ הִנֵּה ־נָ֣א יָדַ
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...
There is a vast deal of generosity in this woman's mind: and yet nothing costly. How often, when entertaining strangers, have men found that they have been entertaining angels, or messengers of God, u...
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 SHE SAID UNTO HER HUSBAND,.... Not being willing to do any thing without his leave and consent: BEHOLD NOW, I PERCEIVE THAT THIS IS AN HOLY MAN OF GOD WHICH PASSETH BY US CONTINUALLY: and calls h...
_And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this [is] an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually._ Ver. 9. _Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man._] Holiness will as...
_She said to her husband_ In frequent conversation with him. _This is a holy man of God_ A prophet, and that of eminent holiness; by our kindness to whom we shall procure a blessing to ourselves. _Whi...
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 she, after this had happened a number of times, SAID UNTO HER HUSBAND, BEHOLD, NOW, I PERCEIVE THAT THIS IS AN HOLY MAN OF GOD, not a fraud, a wandering false prophet, such as may have infested th...
ELISHA AND THE SHUNAMMITE...
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...
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 offi...
2 Kings 4:9 said H559 (H8799) husband H376 know H3045 (H8804) holy H6918 man H376 God H430 passes...
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...
1). A WEALTHY COUPLE PROVIDE A PERMANENT LODGING PLACE FOR ELISHA FOR WHEN HE VISITS SHUNEM (2 KINGS 4:8). The story commences with the kindness of a wealthy couple who truly believe in YHWH to YHWH'...
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 4:9 This brief, simple statement, taken in its general form, sets forth so far what we ought to be in our own life. I. "A man of God" a very striking title to give to a human being, and a ver...
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...
_And it fell on a day that Elisha passed to Shunem._ HOSPITALITY In these verses there are two very interesting subjects, and of a practical character. I. Hospitality rightfully employed. The objec...
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 4:8. 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 chamber...
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 13:1; 1 Kings 17:18; 1 Kings 17:24; 1 Peter 3:1;...
This is — A prophet, and that of eminent holiness: by our kindness to whom, we shall procure a blessing to ourselves....