2 Kings 4:15
in 2 Kings 4“Call her,” said Elisha. So Gehazi called her, and she stood in the doorway.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
KJV
And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
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This verse in 2 Kings 4
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
she hath no child, and
on 2 Kings 4:14-15
Gehazi supplies the detail Elisha has not noticed himself, that the woman is childless and her husband aged, and the shape of what follows repeats the annunciation given to Abraham and Sarah at Gen 18:10-14, a barren household promised a son at an appointed season. The prophetic word functions here as it did there, not a guess at what the couple wants but a sovereign announcement of what will be given.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he said, call her,.... Perhaps finding an impulse on his own mind, from the Spirit of God, that this was the thing to be done for her: and when he had called her, she stood in the door; of his chamber: See Gill on 2Ki 4:12.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֖אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| קְרָא־ | kera'- | summon | H7121 → | 733 times |
| לָ֑הּ | lah | <to> her | ||
| וַיִּקְרָא־ | vaiyikra'- | and he summoned | H7121 → | 733 times |
| לָ֔הּ | lah | <to> her | ||
| וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד | vataamod | and she stood | H5975 → | 521 times |
| בַּפָּֽתַח׃ | bapatach | at the entrance | H6607 → | 164 times |
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
קְרָא־summon
kera'-H7121 →733 times
לָ֑הּ<to> her
lah
וַיִּקְרָא־and he summoned
vaiyikra'-H7121 →733 times
לָ֔הּ<to> her
lah
וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖דand she stood
vataamodH5975 →521 times
בַּפָּֽתַח׃at the entrance
bapatachH6607 →164 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil, The Books of the Kings.