2 Kings 4:12

Translations

Modern

And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,

Traditional

And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

Literal

And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammitess.” And he called her, and she stood before his face.

Latin

Dixitque ad Giezi puerum suum: Voca Sunamitidem istam. Qui cum vocasset eam, et illa stetisset coram eo,

Original

Hebrew

English

And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,

Notes

2 Kings 4:11–14

Elisha wanted to repay his host's kindness.
Gehazi his servant: Gehazi was Elisha's apprentice, just as Elisha had been with Elijah (1 Kings 19:21). It was common for a prophet to seek advice from his assistant.

2 Kings 4:8–37

Elisha's interactions with the woman from Shunem are shown in two similar parts (2 Kings 4:8–20, 21–37). Shunem was a border town in the land given to the tribe of Issachar (Joshua 19:18).

Theme notes and profiles

Elijah Elisha

Events

Prophecies of Elisha

Related verses

2 Kings 8:4–5
Now the king had been speaking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, “Please relate to me all the great things Elisha has done.”
2 Kings 4:29–31
So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
1 Kings 19:3
And Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,
2 Kings 3:11
But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”
2 Kings 5:20–27
Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, by not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
Acts 13:5
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.
1 Kings 18:43
“Go and look toward the sea,” he said to his servant. So the servant went and looked, and he said, “There is nothing there.” Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”

Parallels

Matthew 10:40–42

People

Gehazi: Elisha's servant; punished with leprosy for greed and deceit Shunammites: People from Shunem; includes Abishag and the Shunammite woman

Glossary

Elisha Gehazi Habakkuk (Person) Kings, Books of First and Second Servant Sons of the Prophets

Topics

Gehazi: Servant of Elisha Influence: Political Shunammite: A Woman Who Gave Hospitality to Elisha, and Whose Son he Raised to Life Women: The Shunammite Woman, Who Gave Hospitality to Elisha

2 Kings 4:12

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