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2 Kings 8:4

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Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.

KJV

And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.

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Commentary

5 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

the great things that Elisha

on 2 Kings 8:4-6

Gehazi stands before the king recounting Elisha's miracles, a scene that most likely falls before his leprosy in chapter five, since a king would not receive a leper at close range, and the compiler groups Elisha's works by kind rather than strict order. The woman walks in at the very sentence naming her son's resurrection, and Gehazi's own testimony becomes the witness that proves her claim before she has said a word. The king restores her house, her land, and every year's produce she lost while she was gone, a magistrate's justice moving on a prophet's word.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Providence is to be acknowledged in ordering the circumstances of events, for sometimes those that are minute in themselves prove of great consequence, as this did, for, (1.) It made the king ready to believe Gehazi's narrative when it was thus confirmed by the persons most nearly concerned: " This is the woman, and this her son; let them speak for themselves,"

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

the king talked with Gehazi--Ceremonial pollution being conveyed by contact alone, there was nothing to prevent a conference being held with this leper at a distance; and although he was excluded from the town of Samaria, this reported conversation may have taken place at the gate or in one of the royal gardens.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

The king talked with Gehazi - This is supposed to have happened before the cleansing of Naaman, for is it likely that the king would hold conversation with a leprous man; or that, knowing Gehazi had been dismissed with the highest disgrace from the prophet’s service, he could hold any conversation with him concerning his late master, relative to whom he could not expect him to give either a true or impartial account?

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְand the king

    vehamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • מְדַבֵּר֙[was] speaking

    medaberH1696 →1141 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • גֵּ֣חֲזִ֔יGehazi

    gechaziH1522 →12 times

  • נַ֥עַר[the] servant of

    naarH5288 →239 times

  • אִישׁ־[the] man of

    ʾish-H376 →1663 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים<the> God

    haelohimH430 →2601 times

  • לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • סַפְּרָה־recount !

    saperah-H5608 →159 times

  • נָּ֣אplease

    na'H4994 →404 times

  • לִ֔יto me

    li

  • אֵ֥ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַגְּדֹל֖וֹתthe great [things]

    hagedolotH1419 →526 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂ֥הhe has done

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • אֱלִישָֽׁע׃Elisha

    ʾelisha'H477 →58 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Kings 5:20–27Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”3 works2 Kings 2:14Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters, they parted to the right and to the left, and Elisha crossed over.2 works2 Kings 6:6“Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.2 works2 Kings 6:32Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Is not the sound of his master’s footsteps behind him?”2 works2 Kings 7:3Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?2 works2 Kings 4:3–6“Go,” said Elisha, “borrow jars, even empty ones, from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.2 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Kings 7:1Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”2 worksLuke 9:9“I beheaded John,” Herod said, “but who is this man I hear such things about?” And he kept trying to see Jesus.2 works2 Kings 2:20–22“Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him,2 worksJohn 9:27He replied, “I already told you, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”2 worksActs 24:24After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.2 works2 Kings 5:14So Naaman went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored and became like that of a little child, and he was clean.2 works2 Kings 7:16–20Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.2 works2 Kings 7:10So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city, saying, “We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a trace—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.”2 works2 Kings 3:14–16Then Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or acknowledge you.2 works2 Kings 4:16–17And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”2 works2 Kings 4:12And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,2 works2 Kings 6:17–20Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    2 Kings 7:3

    Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 13:45–46

      A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’

    • Numbers 5:2–4

      “Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.

  • Through

    2 Kings 6:6

    “Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron float.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 2:21

      and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”

  • Through

    2 Kings 2:14

    Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the waters. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. And when he had struck the waters,…

    it leads to

    • John 14:12

      Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I am doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

    • Psalms 42:10

      Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

  • Through

    2 Kings 6:32

    Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a messenger ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this…

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 14:1

      Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.

    • Ezekiel 20:1

      In the seventh year, on the tenth day of the fifth month, some of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and they sat down before me.

    • 1 Kings 18:4

      for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

About 2 Kings

Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Kings: the study guide →Read 2 Kings 8 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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