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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 4:18-37

Death and restoration. This is a touching story. It is a story for children. It is a story for parents. It is a story for every one. The circumstances of this little boy's death were peculiarly sad. He had been an unexpected gift of God to his parents. His mother had not sought for him; but God sent her a son as a reward for her kindness to his servant, and in answer to the prophet's prayer. Perhaps when this sudden stroke came upon her, and she watched the little fellow pine away and die in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 4:18-37

The lady of Shunem: 2. The son taken and restored. A lapse of several years occurs in the story, during which time the child had grown, till he was able to go out to his father to the harvest-field. I. THE UNEXPECTED STROKE . 1. A boyhood of promise . Everything combined to invest this Shunammite's son with interest, and to make him the idol of his parents' heart. He was an only son, the son of his father's old age, a child of promise—almost of miracle. He would be the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 4:32

And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed . The child remained where his mother had laid him. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 4:32-37

The relation of prayer to secondary causes. "And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead," etc. The death of the Shunammite's son, as we have seen in the preceding verses, was in many senses to her a very severe trial—a trial from which we have inferred that great trials often spring from great mercies ; that great trials should be patiently endured ; and that great trials might have a blessed end . By prayer Elisha now raised the woman's dead boy to life.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 4:33

He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain —that he might not be interrupted during his efforts to restore the child's life— and prayed unto the Lord. Probably his heart had been lifted up in inarticulate prayer from the time that he realized the calamity which had befallen the Shunammite; but now he went down on his knees, and lifted up his voice in outspoken words of prayer. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 4:34

And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands; following the example set him by his master and predecessor, Elijah ( 1 Kings 17:21 ). The idea may in both cases have been to fit the Body for reinhabitation by the soul (see 2 Kings 4:22 ), through the restoration of warmth to it. And he stretched himself upon the child ; i.e. brought his flesh as close as he could to the flesh of the child, covering... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 4:33

Prayed - Prayer was the only remedy in such a case as this (compare the marginal reference and James 5:16), though it did not exclude the use of other means 2 Kings 4:34. read more

Albert Barnes

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

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 4:18-37

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 4:18-37

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 4:32

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 4:32-37

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 4:33

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 4:34

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 4:33

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

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