2 Kings 4:1-23
boys <01121 03206> [A.M. 3110. B.C. 894. sons.]
servant .......... servant ....................... servants <05650 03373> [thy servant did fear.]
creditor <05383> [the creditor.]
do <06213> [What shall I.]
jar ... olive oil <0610 08081> [save a pot of oil.]
empty containers <03627 07386> [empty vessels.]
<04591> [borrow not a few. Heb. scant not.]
close <05462> [thou shalt shut.]
Pour <03332> [and shalt pour.]
<03212> [she went.]
containers .............. container <03627> [when the vessels.]
olive oil <08081> [And the oil.]
Repay <07999> [pay.]
creditor <05386> [debt. or, creditor.]
day <03117> [it fell on. Heb. there was.]
Shunem <07766> [Shunem.]
This city was situated in the tribe of Issachar, five miles south from mount Tabor, according to Eusebius; and is probably the place which he calls Sanim, in Acrabatene, in the neighbourhood of Samaria or Sebaste.
prominent woman <0802 01419> [a great woman.]
insisted ....... meal ............... meal <02388 0398> [she constrained him. Heb. she laid hold on him.]
said <0559> [she said.]
special <06918> [this is.]
husband ................. prophet <0376 0430> [man of God.]
make ........ furnish <06213 07760> [Let us.]
small ... upper room <06996 05944> [a little chamber.]
An {ƒleeyah,} or {ole„h,} as the Arabs call it; a small back house annexed to the principal dwelling, in which the prophet could live in a great privacy as in his own house, and to which he could retire at pleasure, without breaking in upon the private affairs of the family, or being in his turn interrupted by them in his devotions. See the notes on Jud 3:20.
Gehazi <01522> [Gehazi.]
servant <05288> [servant.]
treated <02729> [thou hast.]
king <04428> [to the king.]
commander <08269> [to the captain.]
secure <03427> [I dwell.]
army ...... secure <08432 05971> [among mine.]
son <01121> [she hath no child.]
next year <04150> [About this.]
next year <04150> [season. Heb. set time. thou shalt.]
master <0113> [my lord.]
lie <03576> [do not lie.]
harvest <07114> [to the reapers.]
head ... head <07218> [My head.]
From this peculiar exclamation, and the season of the year, it is probable he was affected by the {coup de soleil,} or stroke of the sun, which is by no means uncommon in hot climates, and often proves fatal.
mother <0517> [his mother.]
died <04191> [and then died.]
bed <04296> [the bed.]
so ..... see .... quickly <07323> [I may run.]
new moon <02320> [new moon.]
fine <07965> [well. Heb. peace.]
