2 Kings 4:25 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 4:25

So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman.

BSB

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ASV

So she went, and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is the Shunammite:

KJV

So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

So she went and came unto the man of God at Mount Carmel,.... Where Elijah used to be, and where, perhaps, was a school of the prophets; this, according to Bunting (x), was sixteen miles from Shunem: and it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off; as he might from the eminence of the mountain: that he said to Gehazi his servant, behold, yonder is that Shunammite; that has so often and so hospitably entertained us at her house. (x) Travels, &c. p. 207.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The answer was general It is well. Gehazi was not the man that she came to complain to, and therefore she put him off with this; she said little, and little said is soon amended ( Ps. xxxix. 1, 2 ), but what she did say was very patient: "It is well with me, with my husband, with the child"--all well, and yet the child dead in the house.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֵּ֗לֶךְ	va.Te.lekh	and she went	H1980 →
וַתָּב֛וֹא	va.ta.Vo'	and she came	H935 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אִ֥ישׁ	'ish	[the] man of	H376 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַ֣ר	har	[the] mountain of	H2022 →
הַכַּרְמֶ֑ל	ha.kar.Mel	<the> Carmel	H3760 →
וַ֠יְהִי	Vay.hi	and it was	H1961 →
כִּרְא֨וֹת	kir.'ot	when saw	H7200 →
אִישׁ־	'ish-	[the] man of	H376 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֤ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
אֹתָהּ֙	'o.Tah	<obj.> her	H853 →
מִנֶּ֔גֶד	mi.Ne.ged	from before	H5048 →
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
גֵּיחֲזִ֣י	gei.cha.Zi	Gehazi	H1522 →
נַעֲר֔וֹ	na.'a.Ro	servant his	H5288 →
הִנֵּ֖ה	hi.Neh	there!	H2009 →
הַשּׁוּנַמִּ֥ית	ha.shu.na.Mit	[is] the Shunammite [woman]	H7767 →
הַלָּֽז׃	ha.Laz	this	H1975 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 35:2
It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the…
leads to
- Isaiah 25:9
  And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us…
- Romans 10:15
  And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
- Isaiah 60:13
  The glory of Lebanon will come to you—its cypress, elm, and boxwood together—to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of My feet.
- Habakkuk 2:14
  For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
- Amos 9:13–15
  “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all…
Through
2 Kings 2:25
And Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
leads to
- 1 Kings 18:19–20
  Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
1 Kings 18:19
Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
leads to
- Joshua 19:26
  Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. On the west the border touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath,
- 1 Kings 16:33
  Then he set up an Asherah pole. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him.