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2 Kings 4:11-17
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11 One day Elisha[a] came for a visit; he went[b] into the upper room and rested.[c] 12 He told his servant Gehazi, “Ask the Shunammite woman to come here.”[d] So he did so and she came to him.[e] 13 Elisha said to Gehazi,[f] “Tell her, ‘Look, you have treated us with such great respect.[g] What can I do for you? Can I put in a good word for you with the king or the commander of the army?’” She replied, “I’m quite secure.”[h] 14 So he asked Gehazi,[i] “What can I do for her?” Gehazi replied, “She has no son, and her husband is old.” 15 Elisha told him, “Ask her to come here.”[j] So he did so[k] and she came and stood in the doorway.[l] 16 He said, “About this time next year[m] you will be holding a son.” She said, “No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!” 17 The woman did conceive, and at the specified time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.

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  1. 2 Kings 4:11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 2 Kings 4:11 tn Heb “turned aside.”
  3. 2 Kings 4:11 tn Or “slept there.”
  4. 2 Kings 4:12 tn Heb “Call for this Shunammite woman.”
  5. 2 Kings 4:12 tn Heb “and he called for her and she stood before him.”
  6. 2 Kings 4:13 tn Heb “he said to him.”
  7. 2 Kings 4:13 tn Heb “you have turned trembling to us with all this trembling.” The exaggerated language is probably idiomatic. The point seems to be that she has taken great pains or gone out of her way to be kind to them. Her concern was a sign of her respect for the prophetic office.
  8. 2 Kings 4:13 tn Heb “Among my people I am living.” This answer suggests that she has security within the context of her family.
  9. 2 Kings 4:14 tn Heb “and he said.”
  10. 2 Kings 4:15 tn Heb “Call for her.”
  11. 2 Kings 4:15 tn Heb “and he called her.”
  12. 2 Kings 4:15 tn Heb “and he called for her and she stood in the door.”
  13. 2 Kings 4:16 tn Heb “at this appointed time, at the time [when it is] reviving.” For a discussion of the second phrase see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 57.
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2 Kings 4:11-17
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11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber and lay there. 12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. 13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast [a]been careful for us with all this care; 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. 14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no son, and her husband is old. 15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door. 16 And he said, At this season, when the time [b]cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thy handmaid.

17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said unto her.

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Notas al pie

  1. 2 Kings 4:13 Or, showed us all this reverence
  2. 2 Kings 4:16 Hebrew liveth (or, reviveth).
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