Verse 23

2 Kings 4:23

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23 “Why go today?” he asked. “It is neither a new moon festival nor a Sabbath.” But she said, “It will be all right.”

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hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר מַ֠דּוּעַ אתי אַ֣תְּ הלכתי הֹלֶ֤כֶת אֵלָי/ו֙ הַ/יּ֔וֹם לֹֽא חֹ֖דֶשׁ וְ/לֹ֣א שַׁבָּ֑ת וַ/תֹּ֖אמֶר שָׁלֽוֹם

English Translation

And he said, "Why have you come to me? You are walking to me today; it is not the new moon and it is not the Sabbath." And she said, "Peace."

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Chapter 4 Context

1 One day the widow of a member of the group of prophets came to Elisha and cried out, “My husband who... Focus ↗

2 “What can I do to help you?” Elisha asked. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” “Nothing at all... Focus ↗

3 And Elisha said, “Borrow as many empty jars as you can from your friends and neighbors. Focus ↗

4 Then go into your house with your sons and shut the door behind you. Pour olive oil from your flask... Focus ↗

5 So she did as she was told. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she filled one after another. Focus ↗

6 Soon every container was full to the brim! “Bring me another jar,” she said to one of her sons. “The... Focus ↗

7 When she told the man of God (Elohim) what had happened, he said to her, “Now sell the olive oil and... Focus ↗

8 One day Elisha went to the town of Shunem. A wealthy woman lived there, and she urged him to come to... Focus ↗

9 She said to her husband, “I am sure this man who stops in from time to time is a holy man of God (El... Focus ↗

10 Let’s build a small room for him on the roof and furnish it with a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp... Focus ↗

11 One day Elisha returned to Shunem, and he went up to this upper room to rest. Focus ↗

12 He said to his servant Gehazi, “Tell the woman from Shunem I want to speak to her.” When she appeare... Focus ↗

13 Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tell her, ‘We appreciate the kind concern you have shown us. What can we do... Focus ↗

14 Later Elisha asked Gehazi, “What can we do for her?” Gehazi replied, “She doesn’t have a son, and he... Focus ↗

15 “Call her back again,” Elisha told him. When the woman returned, Elisha said to her as she stood in... Focus ↗

16 “Next year at this time you will be holding a son in your arms!” “No, my lord!” she cried. “O man of... Focus ↗

17 But sure enough, the woman soon became pregnant. And at that time the following year she had a son,... Focus ↗

18 One day when her child was older, he went out to help his father, who was working with the harvester... Focus ↗

19 Suddenly he cried out, “My head hurts! My head hurts!” His father said to one of the servants, “Carr... Focus ↗

20 So the servant took him home, and his mother held him on her lap. But around noontime he died. Focus ↗

21 She carried him up and laid him on the bed of the man of God (Elohim), then shut the door and left h... Focus ↗

22 She sent a message to her husband: “Send one of the servants and a donkey so that I can hurry to the... Focus ↗

23 “Why go today?” he asked. “It is neither a new moon festival nor a Sabbath.” But she said, “It will...

24 So she saddled the donkey and said to the servant, “Hurry! Don’t slow down unless I tell you to.” Focus ↗

25 As she approached the man of God (Elohim) at Mount Carmel, Elisha saw her in the distance. He said t... Focus ↗

26 Run out to meet her and ask her, ‘Is everything all right with you, your husband, and your child?’”... Focus ↗

27 But when she came to the man of God (Elohim) at the mountain, she fell to the ground before him and... Focus ↗

28 Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? And didn’t I say, ‘Don’t deceive me and get my hop... Focus ↗

29 Then Elisha said to Gehazi, “Get ready to travel ; take my staff and go! Don’t talk to anyone along... Focus ↗

30 But the boy’s mother said, “As surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, I won’t go home unles... Focus ↗

31 Gehazi hurried on ahead and laid the staff on the child’s face, but nothing happened. There was no s... Focus ↗

32 When Elisha arrived, the child was indeed dead, lying there on the prophet’s bed. Focus ↗

33 He went in alone and shut the door behind him and prayed to the LORD. Focus ↗

34 Then he lay down on the child’s body, placing his mouth on the child’s mouth, his eyes on the child’... Focus ↗

35 Elisha got up, walked back and forth across the room once, and then stretched himself out again on t... Focus ↗

36 Then Elisha summoned Gehazi. “Call the child’s mother!” he said. And when she came in, Elisha said,... Focus ↗

37 She fell at his feet and bowed before him, overwhelmed with gratitude. Then she took her son in her... Focus ↗

38 Elisha now returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land. One day as the group of prophets... Focus ↗

39 One of the young men went out into the field to gather herbs and came back with a pocketful of wild... Focus ↗

40 Some of the stew was served to the men. But after they had eaten a bite or two they cried out, “Man... Focus ↗

41 Elisha said, “Bring me some flour.” Then he threw it into the pot and said, “Now it’s all right; go... Focus ↗

42 One day a man from Baal-shalishah brought the man of God (Elohim) a sack of fresh grain and twenty l... Focus ↗

43 “What?” his servant exclaimed. “Feed a hundred people with only this?” But Elisha repeated, “Give it... Focus ↗

44 And when they gave it to the people, there was plenty for all and some left over, just as the LORD h... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 4 (44 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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