2 Kings 4:21-23

New Catholic Bible

²¹She went up and laid him on the bed belonging to the man of God. She closed him in the room and went out. ²²She called to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the young men and one of the donkeys so that I can hurry to the man of God and return.” ²³He said, “Why would you go today? It is not a new moon or the Sabbath.” But she said, “It is all right.”^[a]

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Footnotes

2 Kings 4:23 It was customary to approach the prophets on festival days (see 1 Sam 20:5).

2 Kings 4:21-23

New International Version

²¹She went up and laid him on the bed^(A) of the man of God, then shut the door and went out.

²²She called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and a donkey so I can go to the man of God quickly and return.”

²³“Why go to him today?” he asked. “It’s not the New Moon^(B) or the Sabbath.”

“That’s all right,” she said.

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2 Kings 4:21-23

English Standard Version

²¹And she went up ^(A)and laid him on the bed of the ^(B)man of God and shut the door behind him and went out. ²²Then she called to her husband and said, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may quickly go to ^(C)the man of God and come back again.” ²³And he said, “Why will you go to him today? It is neither ^(D)new moon nor Sabbath.” She said, “All is well.”