2 Kings 4:30 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 4:30

And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.

BSB

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ASV

And the mother of the child said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.

KJV

And the mother of the child said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I will not leave thee - The prophet it seems had no design to accompany her; he intended to wait for Gehazi’s return; but as the woman was well assured the child was dead, she was determined not to return till she brought the prophet with her.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The act of Gehazi was allowed to fail, in order to free the Shunammite, and the people of Israel at large, of the superstitious notion of supposing a miraculous virtue resided in any person, or in any rod, and to prove that it was only through earnest prayer and faith in the power of God and for His glory that this and every miracle was to be performed.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
אֵ֣ם	'em	[the] mother of	H517 →
הַנַּ֔עַר	ha.Na.'ar	the lad	H5288 →
חַי־	chai-	[by] [the] life	H2416 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	of Yahweh	H3068 →
וְחֵֽי־	ve.chei-	and [by] [the] life of	H2416 →
נַפְשְׁךָ֖	naf.she.Kha	self your	H5315 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
אֶעֶזְבֶ֑ךָּ	'e.'ez.Ve.ka	I will leave you	H5800 →
וַיָּ֖קָם	vai.Ya.kom	and he arose	H6965 →
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he went	H1980 →
אַחֲרֶֽיהָ׃	'a.cha.Rei.ha	after her	H310 →

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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.

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2 Kings 2:4
And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not…
leads to
- 2 Kings 2:2
  and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not…
- Joshua 6:26
  At that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations;…
- 1 Kings 16:34
  In Ahab’s days, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. At the cost of Abiram his firstborn he laid its foundation, and at the cost of Segub his youngest he set up its gates, according to…
Through
2 Kings 2:2
and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not…
leads to
- 2 Kings 2:6
  And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will…
- Ruth 1:15–18
  “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; follow her back home.”
- John 6:67–68
  So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?”
- 1 Samuel 1:26
  “Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
- 2 Samuel 15:19–21
  Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your…

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About 2 Kings

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About 2 Kings