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C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch on 2 Kings 4:30

Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Browse this work.

2 Kings4:30

2Ki 4:30

The mother of the boy does not appear, indeed, to have anticipated any result from the measures adopted by Elisha; for she swears most solemnly that she will not leave him. But the question arises, whether this urging of the prophet to come himself and help arose from doubt as to the result of Gehazi’s mission, or whether it was not rather an involuntary utterance of her excessive grief, and of the warmest wish of her maternal heart to see her beloved child recalled to life. We may probably infer the latter from the fulfilment of her request by Elisha.

C. F. Keil and Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament, 2 Kings 4:30. Public domain.

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