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She called to her husband, and said, Please send me one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
One of the young men. —To lead and drive the ass.
Asses. — She-asses.
That I may run…
Baptist
She did not tell him her errand; she wished to keep the trouble to herself for a while.
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And she called unto her husband In the field, who might be within call, or by a messenger she sent to him:
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 …
