2 Kings 4:27 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 4:27

When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”

BSB

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ASV

And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and Jehovah hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

KJV

And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And when she came to the man of God to the hill,.... To the top of it: she caught him by the feet; in reverence to him, and as a supplicant, she prostrated herself at his feet, and, out of affection to him, caught hold on them, and held them fast, and determined not to leave him until he had promised to go with her, see Mat 28:9. It was usual with the Jews to lay hold on and kiss the feet or knees of those to whom they did homage, or made supplication, see Mat 28:

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Withal, she intimated, what she durst not presume to express in words, that she desired him to go along with her. Let her alone - Disturb her not, for this gesture is a sign of some extraordinary grief. Hid it - Whereby he signifies, that what he knew or did, was not by any virtue inherent in himself, but from God, who revealed to him only what and when he pleased.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

She caught him by the feet - To lay hold of the knees or feet has always been thought in the East to add force to supplication, and is practiced even at the present day. Compare Mat 18:29; Joh 11:32.

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתָּבֹ֞א	va.ta.Vo'	and she came	H935 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אִ֤ישׁ	'ish	[the] man of	H376 →
הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הָהָ֔ר	ha.Har	the mountain	H2022 →
וַֽתַּחֲזֵ֖ק	va.ta.cha.Zek	and she took hold	H2388 →
בְּרַגְלָ֑יו	be.rag.Lav	on feet his	H7272 →
וַיִּגַּ֨שׁ	vai.yi.Gash	and he drew near	H5066 →
גֵּֽיחֲזִ֜י	gei.cha.Zi	Gehazi	H1522 →
לְהָדְפָ֗הּ	le.ha.de.Fah	to drive away her	H1920 →
וַיֹּאמֶר֩	vai.yo.Mer	and he said	H559 →
אִ֨ישׁ	'ish	[the] man of	H376 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֤ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
הַרְפֵּֽה־	har.peh-	refrain	H7503 →
לָהּ֙	lah	to her
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
נַפְשָׁ֣הּ	naf.Shah	self her	H5315 →
מָֽרָה־	ma.rah-	it is bitter	H4843 →
לָ֔הּ	Lah	to her
וַֽיהוָה֙	va.Yah.weh	and Yahweh	H3068 →
הֶעְלִ֣ים	he'.Lim	he has hidden	H5956 →
מִמֶּ֔נִּי	mi.Me.ni	from me	H4480 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
הִגִּ֖יד	hi.Gid	he has told	H5046 →
לִֽי׃	Li	to me

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
Genesis 18:17
And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
leads to
- Amos 3:7
  Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 25:14
  The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
- John 15:15
  No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have…
Through
2 Samuel 7:3
And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.”
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 22:7
  “My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,
- 1 Kings 8:17–18
  Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Through
2 Kings 6:12
But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”
leads to
- Daniel 2:28–30
  But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your…
- 2 Kings 6:9–10
  Then the man of God sent word to the king of Israel: “Be careful passing by this place, for the Arameans are going down there.”
Through
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…
leads to
- 2 Kings 2:25
  And Elisha went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.