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Faith Over Despair
Commentators like Spurgeon and Gill highlight that the Shunammite woman intentionally hides the devastating news of her son's death from her husband. Instead of spreading despair, she acts with focused faith. She immediately seeks out the 'man of God,' demonstrating a profound trust that God, through His prophet, could intervene in her crisis.
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2 Kings
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 4:22
18th Century
Theologian
Send me, I ask you, one of the young men and one of the donkeys - All the “young men” and all the “donkeys” were in the harvest field. The y…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Kings 4:22
19th Century
Bishop
One of the young men. —To lead and drive the ass.
Asses. — She-asses.
That I may run…
Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Kings 4:21–22
19th Century
Preacher
She did not tell him her errand; she wished to keep the trouble to herself for a while.
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John Gill
On 2 Kings 4:22
17th Century
Pastor
And she called unto her husband
In the field, who might be within call, or by a messenger she sent to him:
Matthew Henry
On 2 Kings 4:18–37
17th Century
Minister
Here is the sudden death of the child. All the mother's tenderness cannot keep alive a child of promise, a child of prayer, one given in love. But …