2 Kings 4:9 KJV — MannaFest

2 Kings 4:9

And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.

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ASV

And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passeth by us continually.

WEB

Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.

YLT

and she saith unto her husband, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that a holy man of God he is, passing over by us continually;

DBT

And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man ofGod, who passes by us continually.

About this book

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2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.

Author: Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
Date: Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC

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17 verses on the floor

1 Kings 17:24
And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth.
Proverbs 31:10–11
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Judges 13:6
Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
2 Kings 4:7
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
Titus 1:8
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

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That the stranger she would invite was a holy man of God, who therefore would do good to their family, and God would recompense the kindness done to him; perhaps she had heard how well paid the widow of Sarepta was for entertaining Elijah.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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