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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 4:34

Be stretched himself - Or, “prostrated himself.” The word is a different one from that used of Elijah, and expresses closer contact with the body. Warmth may have been actually communicated from the living body to the dead one; and Elisha’s persistence Hebrews 11:35, may have been a condition of the child’s return to life. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 4:33-34

2 Kings 4:33-34. He shut the door upon them twain Upon himself and the dead child, that he might pray to God without interruption, and might more freely use those means which he thought fit. And put his mouth, &c. One part upon another successively; for the disproportion of the bodies would not permit it to be done together. The flesh of the child grew warm Not by any external heat, which could not be transmitted to the child’s body by such slight touches of the prophet’s body; but... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 4:1-44

Miracles of care for the remnant (4:1-44)The widow of one of the prophets was in desperate trouble. She had hardly any food left and was about to lose her only means of income; for her sons were to be taken from her in payment for a debt. Elisha’s miraculous provision of oil enabled her to pay the debt and so preserve a few of God’s faithful in days of extreme hardship (4:1-7).Another of Israel’s faithful was the wife of a wealthy landowner. She recognized Elisha as God’s representative and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 4:34

2 Kings 4:34. Lay upon the child, &c.— See what we have said on 1 Kings 17:21. REFLECTIONS.—How precarious is every sublunary blessing! how little dependance to be placed upon the comforts of a perishing world! We see, 1. This darling boy, seized in the harvest-field with his father, complains, My head, my head; and is sent home to the fond mother's bosom, and there death closes his eyes. Note; We had need stand prepared for sudden strokes; death often seizes at short warning. 2. With... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 4:34

34. lay upon the child, c.—(see 1 Kings 17:21 Acts 20:10). Although this contact with a dead body would communicate ceremonial uncleanness, yet, in performing the great moral duties of piety and benevolence, positive laws were sometimes dispensed with, particularly by the prophets. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 4:8-37

God’s blessing of those who honor Him 4:8-37In contrast to the incident above, this one shows God’s blessing on a wealthy woman. She was not the marriage partner of a prophet but a simple faithful believer in Yahweh (cf. 2 Kings 4:8-10; 2 Kings 4:16; 2 Kings 4:21-22; 2 Kings 4:24-25; 2 Kings 4:27; 2 Kings 4:30; 2 Kings 4:37). She was living among unbelievers in Israel (cf. Rahab, Ruth, et al.). Her husband appears to have been only a formal participant in Yahweh worship rather than thoroughly... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 4:1-44

Various Miracles of ElishaThe miracles related of Elisha in this and the following chapters resemble many of those previously recounted of Elijah. Thus both prophets multiplied the sustenance of a woman in need (2 Kings 4:1-7; 1 Kings 17:8-16); both restored a dead child to life (2 Kings 4:8-27; 1 Kings 17:17-24); both came into conflict with their king on the occasion of a famine (2 Kings 6:24-33; 1 Kings 18); and both brought a violent death upon certain individuals who offended them (2 Kings... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 4:34

(34) He went up.—Upon the bed (2 Kings 1:6).And lay upon the child.—Comp. 1 Kings 17:21. What is hinted at there is described here (Thenius).Stretched himself upon the child.—Bowed himself. So LXX., Syriac, and Vulg. (Comp. 1 Kings 18:42.) This expression summarises the preceding details.The flesh of the child waxed warm.—The life of the Divine Spirit which was in Elisha was miraculously imparted by contact to the lifeless body. (Comp. Genesis 2:7.) read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Kings 4:1-44

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William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 4:1-44

ELISHA’S MIRACLES2 Kings 4:1-44WE 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 comes from some account prevalent in the schools of the prophets, which is however only fragmentary, and has been un-chronologically pieced into the annals of the kings of Israel.The story of Elisha abounds far more in the supernatural than that of Elijah, and is believed by most critics to be of... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 4:34

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 4:33-34

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 4:1-44

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Kings 4:34

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 4:34

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 4:8-37

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 4:1-44

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 4:34

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Kings 4:1-44

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 4:1-44

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