A certain officer - Literally, “a certain eunuch,” as noted in the margin. Eunuchs were at that time in common use at the Samaritan court (c…

Told. — Related to him, that is, the story. So in 2 Kings 8:4–5.

Officer. —Literally, …

And when the king asked the woman, she told him The whole affair; how that she had a son according to the word of Elisha,…

The kindness of the good Shunammite to Elisha was rewarded with care for her during the famine. It is good to foresee evil, and it is wise, when we…