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2 Kings 4:24

22 And the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.”

23 “Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.

Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”

25 So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman.

26 Please run out now to meet her and ask, ‘Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is your child all right?’” And she answered, “Everything is all right.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”
KJV
Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
WEB
Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, “Drive, and go forward! Don’t slow down for me, unless I ask you to.”
ASV
Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slacken me not the riding, except I bid thee.
DARBY
Then she saddled the ass, and said to her servant, Drive and go forward; slack not the riding for me, except I bid thee.
BLB
And she saddled a donkey and said to her servant, “Drive and go forward. Do not slacken for me the pace, for unless I speak to you.”
ÅB
Så lot hun eselhoppen sale og sa til sin dreng: Led den og gå avsted, stans meg ikke mens jeg rider, uten jeg sier deg til!
OTB
Da salte hun eselet og sa til sin tjener, "Kjør på og ikke senk farten for meg med mindre jeg sier det."
B1930
Så lot hun aseninnen sale og sa til sin dreng: Led den og gå avsted, stans mig ikke mens jeg rider, uten jeg sier dig til!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 25:19–20

    and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

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  • Exodus 4:20

    So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.

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  • 1 Kings 13:23

    And after the man of God had finished eating and drinking, the old prophet who had brought him back saddled the donkey for him.

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  • 1 Kings 13:13

    So the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it

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