And the woman conceived, and bare a son at the season that Elisha said unto her ,.... Quickly after this she conceived, and became pregnant, and by that time the year came round, she was brought to bed of a son: according to the time of life : when she had gone her full time to have a son born alive, and live. read more
And when the child was grown ,.... Perhaps was six or seven years of age, or more: it fell on a day that he went out to his father to the reapers ; it was harvest time, and the men were reaping the corn in the fields; and his father, though a wealthy man, was with them to direct them, and see they did their business well, as Boaz formerly; and the child went out from the house to the field, to see his father and the reapers, for his recreation and diversion. read more
And he said unto his father, my head, my head ,.... After he had been some time with him, he complained of a pain in his head, which might be owing, as Abarbinel thinks, to the sun's beating upon it, being harvest time, and hot weather; and the pain being exceeding great and vehement, he repeated his complaint, see Jeremiah 4:19 . and he said to a lad, carry him home to his mother ; his father gave orders to a lad that attended the reapers to have him home to his mother, that she might... read more
And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother ,.... The lad led him home, and delivered him to his mother: he sat on her knees till noon, and then died ; out of her great affection, she took him on her knees, and laid his head in her bosom to sooth the pain, and in this posture he continued until the middle of the day, and then expired; by which it appears it was in the morning when he went into the field, and when the sun was pretty high, and beat strongly on him; which, it... read more
And she went up ,.... Into the little chamber built for the prophet: and laid him on the bed of the man of God ; not from any imagination of any virtue in it to bring her child to life; though she might think of the prophet, and have faith that he could raise it to life, as Elijah raised the widow of Zarephath's son laid on his bed, of which she might have heard; but this being a private room, and into which none went, she laid it here to conceal its death from her husband and family,... read more
And she called unto her husband ,.... In the field, who might be within call, or by a messenger she sent to him: and said, send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again ; intimating that she should not be long gone, but should return again presently; saying not a word of the death of the child, or of the occasion of her going. read more
And he said, wherefore wilt thou go to him today ?.... What reason is there for it? what is the meaning of it? it is neither new moon nor sabbath ; neither the first day of the month, nor the seventh day of the week, times which were religiously observed; so with the Heathens the new moon and the seventh of the week, and so the fourth, were sacred F21 Hesiod. Opera & Dies, l. 2. ; which notions they borrowed from the Jews; see Gill on 1 Samuel 20:5 and when, it seems, it was... read more
Then she saddled an ass ,.... Her servant did it by her order: and said to her servant, drive, and go forward ; make all the haste he could: slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee ; do not be afraid of riding too fast for me; if thou dost, I will tell thee; till then, keep on a good pace: Abarbinel says she walked afoot all the way, and ordered the man not to slacken his pace in riding for her, unless she called to him; and the Targum seems to favour this sense,"do not press... read more
So she went and came unto the man of God at Mount Carmel ,.... Where Elijah used to be, and where, perhaps, was a school of the prophets; this, according to Bunting F24 Travels, &c.; p. 207. , was sixteen miles from Shunem: and it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off ; as he might from the eminence of the mountain: that he said to Gehazi his servant, behold, yonder is that Shunammite ; that has so often and so hospitably entertained us at her house. read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 4:16
And he said, about this season ,.... In the next year: according to the time of life ; the usual time women go with child: thou shalt embrace a son ; in thine arms, that shall be born of thee, which she should have in her lap, and in her bosom: and she said, nay, my lord, do not lie unto thine handmaid ; or speak unto her what was not truth; it was so great, and so unaccountable, how it could be in her circumstances, that she could not believe it to be true, though she wished it... read more