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2 Kings 4:9

Generosity

7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.

8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.

10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.

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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 the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.
KJV
And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
WEB
She said to her husband, “See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God who passes by us continually.
ASV
And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, that passeth by us continually.
DARBY
And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us continually.
BLB
And she said to her husband, “Behold now, I know that he [is] a holy man of God who passes by us continually.
ÅB
Engang sa hun til sin mann: Hør her, jeg vet at han som jevnlig drar forbi oss, er en hellig Guds mann.
OTB
Og hun sa til sin mann, "Se nå, jeg vet at dette er en hellig Guds mann som stadig passerer forbi oss.
B1930
Engang sa hun til sin mann: Hør her, jeg vet at han som jevnlig drar forbi oss, er en hellig Guds mann.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 17:24

    And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.

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  • Proverbs 31:10–11

    Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

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  • 2 Kings 4:7

    Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:10

    Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

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  • Titus 1:8

    But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;

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  • 1 Kings 17:18

    And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

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  • Matthew 5:16

    Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

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  • 1 Peter 3:1

    Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

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