Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
4 Kings (2 Kings) Chapter 4
Overview
Kg2 4:1, Elisha multiplies the widow's oil; Kg2 4:8, He obtains a son for the good Shunammite; Kg2 4:18, He restores her son when dead; Kg2 4:38, At Gilgal he heals the deadly pottage; Kg2 4:42, He satisfies an hundred men with twenty loaves.
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sons: Kg2 4:38, Kg2 2:3, Kg2 2:5; Kg1 20:35
thy servant did fear: Gen 22:12; Kg1 18:3; Neh 7:2; Psa 103:11, Psa 103:17, Psa 112:1, Psa 112:2, Psa 115:13, Psa 147:11; Ecc 8:12, Ecc 12:13; Mal 3:16, Mal 4:2; Act 13:26; Rev 15:4, Rev 19:5
the creditor: Lev 25:39, Lev 25:40, Lev 25:48; Neh 5:2-5, Neh 10:31; Jer 34:14; Mat 18:25, Mat 18:30, Mat 18:35; Jam 2:13
What shall I: Kg2 2:9, Kg2 6:26, Kg2 6:27; Mat 15:34; Joh 6:5-7; Act 3:6; Co2 6:10
save a pot of oil: Kg1 17:12; Jam 2:5
empty vessels: Kg2 3:16; Joh 2:7
borrow not a few: Heb. scant not, Kg2 13:18, Kg2 13:19; Psa 81:10; Joh 16:24
thou shalt shut: Kg2 4:32, Kg2 4:33; Kg1 17:19, Kg1 17:20; Isa 26:20; Mat 6:6; Mar 5:40; Act 9:40
and shalt pour: Mar 6:37-44, Mar 8:5-9; Joh 2:7-9, Joh 6:11; Eph 3:20
she went: Kg2 5:11; Kg1 17:15, Kg1 17:16; Luk 1:45; Heb 11:7, Heb 11:8
when the vessels: Kg2 4:43, Kg2 4:44; Mat 9:29, Mat 13:58, Mat 14:20, Mat 15:37; Luk 6:19; Ch2 6:12, Ch2 6:13
And the oil: Kg2 13:19; Jos 5:12; Kg1 17:14; Joh 6:12
pay: Psa 37:21; Rom 12:17; Phi 4:8; Th1 2:9, Th1 2:10, Th1 4:12; Th2 3:7-12
debt: or, creditor
it fell on: Heb. there was, Kg2 4:11, Kg2 4:18
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. Kg2 4:12; Jos 19:18; Sa1 28:4; Kg1 1:3
a great woman: Sa2 19:32; Job 1:3, Job 32:9; Luk 1:15
she constrained him: Heb. she laid hold on him, Gen 19:3; Jdg 19:20; Pro 7:21; Luk 14:23, Luk 24:29; Act 16:15
she said: Pro 31:10, Pro 31:11; Pe1 3:1
this is: Mat 5:16; Th1 2:10; Tit 1:8; Pe2 1:21, Pe2 3:2
man of God: Deu 33:1; Kg1 13:1, Kg1 17:18, Kg1 17:24; Ti1 6:11
Let us: Isa 32:8; Mat 10:41, Mat 10:42, Mat 25:40; Mar 9:41; Luk 8:3; Rom 12:13; Heb 10:24; Heb 13:2; Pe1 4:9, Pe1 4:10
a little chamber: An aleeyah, or oleah, 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 note on Jdg 3:20, and see note on Kg1 17:19
Gehazi: Kg2 4:29-31, Kg2 5:20-27, Kg2 8:4, Kg2 8:5
servant: Kg2 3:11; Kg1 18:43, Kg1 19:3; Act 13:5
thou hast: Mat 10:40-42; Luk 9:3-5; Rom 16:2, Rom 16:6; Phi 4:18, Phi 4:19; Th1 5:12, Th1 5:13; Ti2 1:16-18; Heb 6:10
to the king: Kg2 3:15-18, Kg2 8:3-6; Gen 14:24; Sa2 19:32-38
to the captain: Kg2 9:5; Sa2 19:13; Kg1 2:32
among mine: Kg2 8:1; Rut 1:1-4; Psa 37:3
she hath no child: Gen 15:2, Gen 15:3, Gen 17:17, Gen 18:10-14, Gen 25:21, Gen 30:1; Jdg 13:2; Sa1 1:2, Sa1 1:8; Luk 1:7
About this: Gen 17:21, Gen 18:10, Gen 18:14
season: Heb. set time
thou shalt: Gen 17:16, Gen 17:17; Luk 1:13, Luk 1:30, Luk 1:31
my lord: Kg2 2:19
do not lie: Kg2 4:28, Kg2 5:10, Kg2 5:11; Gen 18:12-15; Kg1 17:18, Kg1 18:9; Psa 116:11; Luk 1:18-20
Gen 21:1; Sa1 1:19, Sa1 1:20; Psa 113:9; Luk 1:24, Luk 1:25, Luk 1:36; Heb 11:11
to the reapers: Rut 2:4
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. Job 14:1, Job 14:2; Jer 4:19
his mother: Isa 49:15, Isa 66:13; Luk 7:12
and then died: Gen 22:2, Gen 37:3, Gen 37:5; Kg1 17:17; Eze 24:16-18; Luk 2:35; Joh 11:3, Joh 11:5, Joh 11:14
I may run: Kg2 4:24, Kg2 4:26; Joh 11:3; Act 9:38
new moon: Num 10:10, Num 28:11; Ch1 23:31; Isa 1:13-15
well: Heb. peace, Kg2 4:26
Then she: Exo 4:20; Sa1 25:20; Kg1 13:13, Kg1 13:23
an ass: These animals were not anciently, as now, used only by the lower classes, but were in general use among the noble and chief personages of the East, and it was not unusual for even the husband to walk by the side of his wife while thus riding; the driver, as was the custom, following. The Shunammite, when she went to the prophet, did not desire so much attendance; but only requested her husband to send her an ass and its driver.
Drive: Sa1 25:19
slack not thy riding for me: Heb. restrain not for me to ride
to mount: Kg2 2:25; Kg1 18:19, Kg1 18:42; Isa 35:2
Run now: Zac 2:4
Is it well with thee: Gen 29:6, Gen 37:14; Sa1 17:18; Mat 10:12, Mat 10:13; Act 15:36
It is well: Kg2 4:23; Lev 10:3; Sa1 3:18; Job 1:21, Job 1:22; Psa 39:9
him by the feet: Heb. by his feet, Mat 28:9; Luk 7:38
thrust: Mat 15:23, Mat 20:31; Mar 10:13; Joh 4:27, Joh 12:4-6
Let her alone: Mar 14:6; Joh 12:7
vexed: Heb. bitter, Sa1 1:10; Job 10:1; Pro 14:10, Pro 18:14
hid it from me: Kg2 6:12; Gen 18:17; Sa2 7:3; Amo 3:7; Joh 15:15
Did I desire: Gen 30:1
Do not: Kg2 4:16
Gird up thy loins: Kg2 9:1; Kg1 18:46; Eph 6:14; Pe1 1:13
salute him not: Luk 10:4
lay my staff: Kg2 2:8, Kg2 2:14; Exo 7:19, Exo 7:20, Exo 14:16; Jos 6:4, Jos 6:5; Act 3:16, Act 19:12
I will not: Exo 33:12-16; Rut 1:16-18
neither voice: Sa1 14:37, Sa1 28:6; Eze 14:3; Mat 17:16-21; Mar 9:19-29; Act 19:13-17
hearing: Heb. attention, Kg1 18:26, Kg1 18:29
not awaked: Job 14:12; Dan 12:2; Mar 5:39; Joh 11:11, Joh 11:43, Joh 11:44; Eph 5:14
the child: Kg1 17:17; Luk 8:52, Luk 8:53; Joh 11:17
shut the door: Kg2 4:4; Mat 6:6
prayed: Kg2 5:11, Kg2 6:17, Kg2 6:18, Kg2 6:20; Kg1 17:20, Kg1 17:21, Kg1 18:26, Kg1 18:27; Joh 11:41, Joh 11:42; Act 9:40; Jam 5:13-18
to and fro: Heb. once hither and once thither
and the child opened: Kg2 8:1, Kg2 8:5, Kg2 13:21; Kg1 17:22; Luk 7:14, Luk 7:15, Luk 8:55; Joh 11:43, Joh 11:44; Act 9:40
Call this Shunammite: Kg2 4:12
Take up: Kg1 17:23; Luk 7:15; Heb 11:35
fell at his feet: Kg2 4:27, Kg2 2:15; Kg1 17:24
Elisha: Kg2 2:1; Sa1 7:16, Sa1 7:17; Act 10:38, Act 15:36
a dearth: Kg2 8:1; Lev 26:26; Deu 28:22-24, Deu 28:38-40; Sa2 21:1; Jer 14:1-6; Eze 14:13; Luk 4:25
were sitting: Pro 8:34; Luk 2:46, Luk 8:35, Luk 8:38, Luk 10:39; Act 22:3
Set on the great pot: Mar 6:37, Mar 8:2-6; Luk 9:13; Joh 21:5, Joh 21:9
a wild vine: Isa 5:4; Jer 2:21; Mat 15:13; Heb 12:15
wild gourds: The word pakkuoth, from peka, in Chaldee, to burst, and in Syriac, to crack, thunder, is generally supposed to be the fruits of the coloquintida, or colocynth; whose leaves are large, placed alternately, very much like those of the vine, whence it might be called a wild vine. the flowers are white, and the fruit of the gourd kind, of the size of a large apple, and when ripe, of a yellow colour, and a pleasant and inviting appearance. It ranks among vegetable poisons, as all intense bitters do; but, judiciously employed, it is of considerable use in medicine. It is said that the fruit, when ripe, is so full of wind that it bursts, and throws its liquor and seeds to a great distance, and if touched, before it breaks of itself, it flies open with an explosion, and discharges its foetid contents in the face of him who touched it.
O thou: Kg2 4:9, Kg2 1:9, Kg2 1:11, Kg2 1:13; Deu 33:1; Kg1 17:18
death: Exo 10:17, Exo 15:23; Mar 16:18
he cast: Kg2 2:21, Kg2 5:10, Kg2 6:6; Exo 15:25; Joh 9:6; Co1 1:25
there: Act 28:5
harm: Heb. evil thing
Baalshalisha: Sa1 9:4, Sa1 9:7
bread: Kg2 4:38; Exo 23:16; Deu 12:6, Deu 26:2-10; Sa1 9:7; Ch2 11:13, Ch2 11:14; Pro 3:9, Pro 3:10; Co1 9:11; Gal 6:6
of barley: Kg2 7:1, Kg2 7:16-18; Deu 8:8, Deu 32:14; Joh 6:9, Joh 6:13
the husk thereof: or, his scrip, or garment, Note: Parched corn, or corn to be parched; full ears before they are ripe, parched on the fire. a very frequent food in the East. The loaves were probably extremely small, as their loaves of bread still are in eastern countries. But small as this may appear, it would be a considerable present in the time of famine; though very inadequate to the number of persons. Baal-shalisha, of which the person who made this seasonable present was an inhabitant, was situated, according to Eusebius and Jerome, fifteen miles north of Diospolis, or Lydda.
his servitor: Kg2 4:12
What: Mat 14:16, Mat 14:17, Mat 15:33, Mat 15:34; Mar 6:37-39, Mar 8:4; Luk 9:13; Joh 6:9
They shall eat: Mat 14:20, Mat 15:37, Mat 16:8-10; Mar 6:42, Mar 6:43, Mar 8:20; Luk 9:17; Joh 6:11-13