2 Kings 4:27 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | WEB

When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and Yahweh has hid it from me, and has not told me.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

She caught him by the feet - To take hold of the knees or feet has always been considered in the East to add force to supplication, and is a…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

To the hill. —Probably to the summit.

She caught him by the feet. — She laid hold of (clasped)

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century

Baptist

19th Century

But Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it fro…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And when she came to the man of God to the hill
To the top of it:

she caught him by the feet…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

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 …

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