2-Kings - 4:36



36 He called Gehazi, and said, "Call this Shunammite!" So he called her. When she had come in to him, he said, "Take up your son."

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Kings 4:36.

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And he called Giezi, and said to him: Call this Sunamitess. And she being called, went in to him: and he said: Take up thy son.
And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in onto him, he said, Take up thy son.
And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunamite. So he called her. And when she had come in to him, he said, Take up thy son.
And he calleth unto Gehazi, and saith, 'Call unto this Shunammite;' and he calleth her, and she cometh in unto him, and he saith, 'Lift up thy son.'
And he gave orders to Gehazi, and said, Send for the Shunammite. And she came in answer to his voice. And he said, Take up your son.
And he called Gehazi, and said to him, "Call this Shunammite woman." And having been called, she entered to him. And he said, "Take up your son."

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Take up thy son - Compare Elijah's action (marginal reference "t") and our Blessed Lord's Luke 7:15.

And he called Gehazi, and said, call this Shunammite,.... To come up to the chamber to him:
so he called her: and when she was come in unto him, he said, take up thy son; from off the bed, alive, safe, and sound.

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