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2 Kings 4:16 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 4 · verse 16
And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.2 Kings 4:16 · King James Version
2 Kings 4:16 in context
14And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
15And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
16And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
17And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
18And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
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Key words (Strong's)
- handmaidshiphchâha female slaveH8198 →
- embracechâbaqto claspH2263 →
- seasonmôwʻêdproperly, an appointmentH4150 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- timeʻêthtime, especially now, when, etcH6256 →
- lifechayaliveH2416 →
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The giving of a son to such as were old, and had been long childless, was an ancient instance of the divine power and favour, in the case of Abraham, and Isaac, and Manoah, and Elkanah; we find it here among the wonders wrought by Elisha.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-17