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2 Kings 4:37 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Then she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; then she picked up her son, and went out. "

2 Kings 4:37

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35 Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth, then went up and stretched himself out on him. Then the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.

36 He called Gehazi, and said, “Call this Shunammite!” So he called her. When she had come in to him, he said, “Take up your son.”

37 Then she went in, fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; then she picked up her son, and went out.

38 Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, “Get the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”

39 One went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered a lap full of wild gourds from it, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew; for they didn’t recognize them.

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2 Kings 4:1

"Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared the LORD. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves.”"

2 Kings 4:2

"Elisha said to her, “What should I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She said, “Your servant has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil.”"

2 Kings 4:3

"Then he said, “Go, borrow empty containers from all your neighbors. Don’t borrow just a few containers."

2 Kings 4:4

"Go in and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour oil into all those containers; and set aside those which are full.”"

2 Kings 4:5

"So she went from him, and shut the door on herself and on her sons. They brought the containers to her, and she poured oil."

2 Kings 4:6

"When the containers were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another container.” He said to her, “There isn’t another container.” Then the oil stopped flowing."

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