2 Kings 4:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And the day cometh that Elisha passeth over unto Shunem, and there `is' a great woman, and she layeth hold on him to eat bread, and it cometh to pass, at the time of his passing over, he turneth aside thither to eat bread,

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  • Josh 19:18 : 18 and their border is `at' Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,
  • 2 Sam 19:32 : 32 and Barzillai `is' very aged, a son of eighty years, and he hath sustained the king in his abiding in Mahanaim, for he `is' a very great man;
  • 1 Kgs 1:3 : 3 And they seek a fair young woman in all the border of Israel, and find Abishag the Shunammite, and bring her in to the king,
  • 2 Kgs 4:11-12 : 11 And the day cometh, that he cometh in thither, and turneth aside unto the upper chamber, and lieth there, 12 and he saith unto Gehazi his young man, `Call for this Shunammite;' and he calleth for her, and she standeth before him.
  • 2 Kgs 4:18 : 18 And the lad groweth, and the day cometh that he goeth out unto his father, unto the reapers,
  • Job 1:3 : 3 and his substance is seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pairs of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a service very abundant; and that man is greater than any of the sons of the east.
  • Job 32:9 : 9 The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment.
  • Prov 7:21 : 21 She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him.
  • Luke 1:15 : 15 for he shall be great before the Lord, and wine and strong drink he may not drink, and of the Holy Spirit he shall be full, even from his mother's womb;
  • Luke 14:23 : 23 `And the lord said unto the servant, Go forth to the ways and hedges, and constrain to come in, that my house may be filled;
  • Luke 24:29 : 29 and they constrained him, saying, `Remain with us, for it is toward evening,' and the day did decline, and he went in to remain with them.
  • Judg 19:20 : 20 And the old man saith, `Peace to thee; only, all thy lack `is' on me, only in the broad place lodge not.'
  • 1 Sam 28:4 : 4 And the Philistines are gathered, and come in, and encamp in Shunem, and Saul gathereth all Israel, and they encamp in Gilboa,
  • Gen 19:3 : 3 And he presseth on them greatly, and they turn aside unto him, and come in unto his house; and he maketh for them a banquet, and hath baked unleavened things; and they do eat.
  • Acts 16:15 : 15 and when she was baptized, and her household, she did call upon us, saying, `If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, having entered into my house, remain;' and she constrained us.

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  • 2 Kgs 4:9-18
    10 verses
    82%

    9and she saith unto her husband, `Lo, I pray thee, I have known that a holy man of God he is, passing over by us continually;

    10let us make, I pray thee, a little upper chamber of the wall, and we set for him there a bed, and a table, and a high seat, and a candlestick; and it hath been, in his coming in unto us, he doth turn aside thither.'

    11And the day cometh, that he cometh in thither, and turneth aside unto the upper chamber, and lieth there,

    12and he saith unto Gehazi his young man, `Call for this Shunammite;' and he calleth for her, and she standeth before him.

    13And he saith to him, `Say, I pray thee, unto her, Lo, thou hast troubled thyself concerning us with all this trouble; what -- to do for thee? is it to speak for thee unto the king, or unto the head of the host?' and she saith, `In the midst of my people I am dwelling.'

    14And he saith, `And what -- to do for her?' and Gehazi saith, `Verily she hath no son, and her husband `is' aged.'

    15And he saith, `Call for her;' and he calleth for her, and she standeth at the opening,

    16and he saith, `At this season, according to the time of life, thou art embracing a son;' and she saith, `Nay, my lord, O man of God, do not lie unto thy maid-servant.'

    17And the woman conceiveth and beareth a son, at this season, according to the time of life, that Elisha spake of unto her.

    18And the lad groweth, and the day cometh that he goeth out unto his father, unto the reapers,

  • 2 Kgs 4:21-27
    7 verses
    76%

    21And she goeth up, and layeth him on the bed of the man of God, and shutteth `the door' upon him, and goeth out,

    22and calleth unto her husband, and saith, `Send, I pray thee, to me, one of the young men, and one of the asses, and I run unto the man of God, and return.'

    23And he saith, `Wherefore art thou going unto him to-day? -- neither new moon nor sabbath!' and she saith, `Peace `to thee'!'

    24And she saddleth the ass, and saith unto her young man, `Lead, and go, do not restrain riding for me, except I have said `so' to thee.'

    25And she goeth, and cometh in unto the man of God, unto the hill of Carmel, and it cometh to pass, at the man of God's seeing her from over-against, that he saith unto Gehazi his young man, `Lo, this Shunammite;

    26now, run, I pray thee, to meet her, and say to her, Is there peace to thee? is there peace to thy husband? is there peace to the lad?' and she saith, `Peace.'

    27And she cometh in unto the man of God, unto the hill, and layeth hold on his feet, and Gehazi cometh nigh to thrust her away, and the man of God saith, `Let her alone, for her soul `is' bitter to her, and Jehovah hath hidden `it' from me, and hath not declared `it' to me.'

  • 2 Kgs 4:7
    75%

    7And she cometh and declareth to the man of God, and he saith, `Go, sell the oil, and repay thy loan; and thou `and' thy sons do live of the rest.'

  • 1 Kgs 13:15
    73%

    15And he saith unto him, `Come with me to the house, and eat bread.'

  • 2 Kgs 4:36-38
    3 verses
    72%

    36And he calleth unto Gehazi, and saith, `Call unto this Shunammite;' and he calleth her, and she cometh in unto him, and he saith, `Lift up thy son.'

    37And she goeth in, and falleth at his feet, and boweth herself to the earth, and lifteth up her son, and goeth out.

    38And Elisha hath turned back to Gilgal, and the famine `is' in the land, and the sons of the prophets are sitting before him, and he saith to his young man, `Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.'

  • 2 Kgs 8:1-6
    6 verses
    72%

    1And Elisha spake unto the woman whose son he had revived, saying, `Rise and go, thou and thy household, and sojourn where thou dost sojourn, for Jehovah hath called for a famine, and also, it is coming unto the land seven years.'

    2And the woman riseth, and doth according to the word of the man of God, and goeth, she and her household, and sojourneth in the land of the Philistines seven years.

    3And it cometh to pass, at the end of seven years, that the woman turneth back from the land of the Philistines, and goeth out to cry unto the king, for her house, and for her field.

    4And the king is speaking unto Gehazi, servant of the man of God, saying, `Recount, I pray thee, to me, the whole of the great things that Elisha hath done.'

    5And it cometh to pass, he is recounting to the king how he had revived the dead, and lo, the woman whose son he had revived is crying unto the king, for her house and for her field, and Gehazi saith, `My lord, O king, this `is' the woman, and this her son, whom Elisha revived.'

    6And the king asketh at the woman, and she recounteth to him, and the king appointeth to her a certain eunuch, saying, `Give back all that she hath, and all the increase of the field from the day of her leaving the land even till now.'

  • 1 Kgs 17:15
    72%

    15And she goeth, and doth according to the word of Elijah, and she eateth, she and he, and her household -- days;

  • 1 Kgs 17:9-11
    3 verses
    71%

    9`Rise, go to Zarephath, that `is' to Zidon, and thou hast dwelt there; lo, I have commanded there a widow woman to sustain thee.'

    10And he riseth, and goeth to Zarephath, and cometh in unto the opening of the city, and lo there, a widow woman gathering sticks, and he calleth unto her, and saith, `Bring, I pray thee, to me, a little water in a vessel, and I drink.'

    11And she goeth to bring `it', and he calleth unto her and saith, `Bring, I pray thee, to me a morsel of bread in thy hand.'

  • 1 Sam 28:22-24
    3 verses
    70%

    22and now, hearken, I pray thee, also thou, to the voice of thy maid-servant, and I set before thee a morsel of bread, and eat, and there is in thee power when thou goest in the way.'

    23And he refuseth, and saith, `I do not eat;' and his servants urge on him, and also the woman, and he hearkeneth to their voice, and riseth from the earth, and sitteth on the bed.

    24And the woman hath a calf of the stall in the house, and she hasteth and slaughtereth it, and taketh flour, and kneadeth, and baketh it unleavened things,

  • 2 Kgs 4:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets hath cried unto Elisha, saying, `Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou hast known that thy servant was fearing Jehovah, and the lender hath come to take my two children to him for servants.'

    2And Elisha saith unto her, `What do I do for thee? declare to me, what hast thou in the house?' and she saith, `Thy maid-servant hath nothing in the house except a pot of oil.'

  • 2 Kgs 4:42
    70%

    42And a man hath come from Baal-Shalishah, and bringeth in to the man of God bread of first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in its husk, and he saith, `Give to the people, and they eat.'

  • 1 Kgs 13:19
    69%

    19And he turneth back with him, and eateth bread in his house, and drinketh water.

  • 2 Kgs 6:26
    69%

    26And it cometh to pass, the king of Israel is passing by on the wall, and a woman hath cried unto him, saying, `Save, my lord, O king.'

  • 1 Kgs 17:17
    68%

    17And it cometh to pass, after these things, the son of the woman, mistress of the house, hath been sick, and his sickness is very severe till that no breath hath been left in him.

  • 1 Kgs 17:13
    68%

    13And Elijah saith unto her, `Fear not, go, do according to thy word, only make for me thence a little cake, in the first place, and thou hast brought out to me; and for thee and for thy son make -- last;

  • 2 Kgs 4:44
    68%

    44and he giveth before them, and they eat and leave, according to the word of Jehovah.

  • Luke 4:25
    68%

    25and of a truth I say to you, Many widows were in the days of Elijah, in Israel, when the heaven was shut for three years and six months, when great famine came on all the land,

  • Judg 19:5
    68%

    5And it cometh to pass, on the fourth day, that they rise early in the morning, and he riseth to go, and the father of the young woman saith unto his son-in-law, `Support thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye go on.'

  • Gen 19:3
    67%

    3And he presseth on them greatly, and they turn aside unto him, and come in unto his house; and he maketh for them a banquet, and hath baked unleavened things; and they do eat.

  • 2 Kgs 6:28
    67%

    28And the king saith to her, `What -- to thee?' and she saith, `This woman said unto me, Give thy son, and we eat him to-day, and my son we eat to-morrow;