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Urgency Fueled by Faith
Commentators explain that the woman's command to her servant, 'slacken me not the riding,' was an instruction to travel as fast as possible without stopping for rest. This wasn't an act of panic, but of focused determination. Her extreme urgency was fueled by a powerful faith that a solution was possible if she could reach the man of God, Elisha.
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 4:24
18th Century
Theologian
Do not delay your riding - That is, “Do not delay me in my riding, unless I tell you.” The servant went on foot with the donkey to urge it f…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Kings 4:24
19th Century
Bishop
Then she saddled an ass. — And she saddled the ass — that is, which the young man brought, and probably saddled …
Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Kings 4:24–26
19th Century
Preacher
It is heroic faith when we can feel that, if the child should die, it is well; if this husband should die, it is well; and if we ourselves should d…
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John Gill
On 2 Kings 4:24
17th Century
Pastor
Then she saddled an ass; Her servant did it by her order:
and said to her servant, drive, and go forwa…
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 …