Verse 8

2 Kings 4:8

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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8 And there was a day when Eliseus passed by Sunam: now there was a great woman there, who detained him to eat bread; and as he passed often that way, he turned into her house to eat bread.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יְהִ֨י הַ/יּ֜וֹם וַ/יַּעֲבֹ֧ר אֱלִישָׁ֣ע אֶל שׁוּנֵ֗ם וְ/שָׁם֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה וַ/תַּחֲזֶק בּ֖/וֹ לֶ/אֱכָל לָ֑חֶם וַֽ/יְהִי֙ מִ/דֵּ֣י עָבְר֔/וֹ יָסֻ֥ר שָׁ֖מָּ/ה לֶ/אֱכָל לָֽחֶם

English Translation

And it happened that the day came, and Elisha went to Shunem, and there was a great woman, and she constrained him to eat bread. And it was that whenever he passed by, he would turn in there to eat bread.

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Chapter 4 Context

1 Now a certain woman of the wives of the prophets cried to Eliseus, saying: Thy servant my husband is... Focus ↗

2 And Eliseus said to her: What wilt thou have me to do for thee? Tell me, what hast thou in thy house... Focus ↗

3 And he said to her: Go, borrow of all thy neighbours empty vessels not a few. Focus ↗

4 And go in, and shut thy door, when thou art within, and thy sons: and pour out thereof into all thos... Focus ↗

5 So the woman went, and shut the door upon her, and upon her sons: they brought her the vessels, and... Focus ↗

6 And when the vessels were full, she said to her son: Bring me yet a vessel. And he answered: I have... Focus ↗

7 And she came, and told the man of God (Elohim). And he said: Go, sell the oil, and pay thy creditor:... Focus ↗

8 And there was a day when Eliseus passed by Sunam: now there was a great woman there, who detained hi...

9 And she said to her husband: I perceive that this is a holy man of God (Elohim), who often passeth b... Focus ↗

10 Let us therefore make him a little chamber, and put a little bed in it for him, and a table, and a s... Focus ↗

11 Now there was a certain day when he came and turned in to the chamber, and rested there. Focus ↗

12 And he said to Giezi his servant Call this Sunamitess. And when he had called her, and she stood bef... Focus ↗

13 He said to his servant: Say to her Behold thou hast diligently served us in all things, what wilt th... Focus ↗

14 And he said : What will she then that I do for her? And Giezi said: Do not ask, for she hath no son,... Focus ↗

15 Then he bid him call her: And when she was called, and stood before the door. Focus ↗

16 He said to her: At this time, and this same hour, if life accompany, thou shalt have a son in thy wo... Focus ↗

17 And the woman conceived, and brought forth a son in the time, and at the same hour, that Eliseus had... Focus ↗

18 And the child grew. And on a certain day, when he went out to his father to the reapers, Focus ↗

19 He said to his father: My head acheth, my head acheth. But he said to his servant: Take him, and car... Focus ↗

20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, she set him on her knees until noon, and t... Focus ↗

21 And she went up and laid him upon the bed of the man of God (Elohim), and shut the door: and going o... Focus ↗

22 She called her husband, and said: Send with me, I beseech thee, one of thy servants, and an ass that... Focus ↗

23 And he said to her: Why dost thou go to him? to day is neither new moon nor sabbath. She answered: I... Focus ↗

24 And she saddled an ass, and commanded her servant: Drive, and make haste, make no stay in going. And... Focus ↗

25 So she went forward, and came to the man of God (Elohim) to mount Carmel: and when the mall of God (... Focus ↗

26 Go therefore to meet her, and say to her: Is all well with thee, and with thy husband, and with thy... Focus ↗

27 And when she came to the man of God (Elohim) to the mount, she caught hold on his feet: and Giezi ca... Focus ↗

28 And she said to him: Did I ask a son of my lord? did I not say to thee: Do not deceive me? Focus ↗

29 Then he said to Giezi: Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go. If any man meet the... Focus ↗

30 But the mother of the child said: As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee.... Focus ↗

31 But Giezi was gone before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child, and there was no voic... Focus ↗

32 Eliseus therefore went into the house, and behold the child lay dead on his bed. Focus ↗

33 And going in he shut the door upon him, and upon the child, and prayed to the Lord. Focus ↗

34 And he went up, and lay upon the child: and he put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his e... Focus ↗

35 Then he returned and walked in the house, once to and fro: and he went up, and lay upon him: and the... Focus ↗

36 And he called Giezi, and said to him: Call this Sunamitess. And she being called, went in to him: an... Focus ↗

37 She came and fell at his feet, and worshipped upon the ground: and took up her son, and went out. Focus ↗

38 And Eliseus returned to Galgal, and there was a famine in the land, and the sons of the prophets dwe... Focus ↗

39 And one went out into the field to gather wild herbs: and he found something like a wild vine, and g... Focus ↗

40 And they poured it out for their companions to eat: and when they had tasted of the pottage, they cr... Focus ↗

41 But he said: Bring some meal. And when they had brought it, he cast it into the pot, and said: Pour... Focus ↗

42 And a certain man came from Baalsalisa bringing to the man of God (Elohim) bread of the firstfruits,... Focus ↗

43 And his servant answered him: How much is this, that I should set it before a hundred men? He said a... Focus ↗

44 So he fief it before them: and they ate, and there was left according to the word of the Lord. Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 4 (44 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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