2 Kings 4:8-37, 2 Kings 8:1-6

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 4:31

2 Kings 4:31 I. The reason why Gehazi failed to awaken the child was that he was not a fit agent for the wonder-working power. God saw in him the selfishness, the covetousness, which soon came to light, and so He refused to acknowledge him. To give life a man must have life, and have it in its purity and abundance. II. There are some of you, many of you, who have lived long enough to have grown somewhat dull and dead. Boys and girls are "dead" dead in spirit, dead in the worst kind of death if... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Kings 4:13

DISCOURSE: 363CONTENTMENT ILLUSTRATED IN THE SHUNAMITE2 Kings 4:13. What is to be done for thee? Wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.“TO be content with such things as we have” is a very rare acquirement. Every one imagines that some change of circumstances, and especially some addition to his fortune, will increase his happiness. But the answer of the Shunamite to the Prophet Elisha may well dissipate this... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Kings 4:26

DISCOURSE: 364ALL THE DISPENSATIONS OF PROVIDENCE ARE GOOD2 Kings 4:26. And she answered, It is well.TO serve the Lord with our talents is the best possible improvement of them. Even as it respects this life, we never exert ourselves truly for God without receiving from him, in some way or other, an abundant recompence. Behold the pious Shunamite: being provided richly with the good things of this life, she gladly imparted of them to the Prophet Elisha; and, with her husband’s approbation,... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - 2 Kings 4:27

vexed Heb. "bitter." 1 Samuel 1:10. read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - 2 Kings 4:26

Infant Salvation September 29th, 1861 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "Is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well" 2 Kings 4:26 . The subject of this morning's discourse will be "Infant Salvation." It may not possibly be interesting to all present, but I do not remember to have preached upon this subject to this congregation, and I am anxious moreover that the printed series should contain sermons upon the whole range of theology. I think there is no one point which ought to be... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 4:1-44

Chapter 4Now there was a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets who came to Elisha, saying, My husband is dead; and his creditors is come to take my two boys as slaves to pay for his debt. And Elisha said, What shall I do for you? what do you have in your house? She said, All I have is a pitcher of oil ( 2 Kings 4:1-2 ).He said, "Alright, send your sons out and let them borrow every kind of a bucket and container they can find from the neighbor. Get all of the pitchers,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 4:1-44

2 Kings 4:1 . My two sons to be bondmen. The law of Moses, as well as the laws of all gentile nations, allowed of this for six years. Exodus 21:7. Josephus, after others says, that she was the widow of Obadiah; but we have no intimation that he was a prophet. 2 Kings 4:2 . Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house save a pot of oil. No silver plate, no redundant furniture, nor any empty jars for oil. Truly, great poverty, and illustrious piety dwelt in that house. 2 Kings 4:8 . ... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Kings 4:1-8

2 Kings 4:1-8Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets.The widow’s pot of oilIf we are to believe the voice of tradition as expressed by Josephus, the subject of this touching story was one who had seen far better days, being the widow of Obadiah, the Lord High Chamberlain of Ahab. While her husband lived she breathed the atmosphere of a court, and was nourished in the lap of luxury. But when he died she seems to have been reduced to the utmost poverty. That world... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Kings 4:8-17

2 Kings 4:8-17And it fell on a day that Elisha passed to Shunem.HospitalityIn these verses there are two very interesting subjects, and of a practical character.I. Hospitality rightfully employed. The object of the hospitality was Elisha the prophet, and the author of it is called here a “great woman.” Observe,1. The hospitality was very hearty. “She constrained him to eat bread.”2. The hospitality was shown to a poor but a godly man. Genuine hospitality looks out for the poor and deserving,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Kings 4:10

2 Kings 4:10Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall.The little chamber on the wallI. How did this little chamber come to be? It originated in the quick and clear perception of this woman of Shunem. “I perceive,” she said to her husband, “that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.” I don’t know that any very unusual faculty of perception was necessary for this. A much inferior person might have made the same observation as she made, but few would have made... read more

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