Passage Research
2 Kings 4 — Sermon Preparation
Elisha multiplies a widow's oil, raises the Shunammite's son from death, purifies a pot of poisoned stew, and feeds a hundred men with twenty loaves. Below is a research summary for 2 Kings 4, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 15
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
2 Kings 4 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נַעַר | naʻar | H5288 | 13 | boy, servant |
| גֵּיחֲזִי | Gêychăzîy | H1522 | 7 | Gechazi |
| אָכַל | ʼâkal | H398 | 10 | eat |
| אֱלִישָׁע | ʼĔlîyshâʻ | H477 | 6 | Elisha |
| קָרָא | qârâʼ | H7121 | 8 | call out to |
| סִיר | çîyr | H5518 | 5 | pot, thorn |
| יָלַךְ | yâlak | H3212 | 8 | walk, carry |
How preachers through history handled this text
15 public-domain excerpts on 2 Kings 4, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Here is the sudden death of the child. All the mother's tenderness cannot keep alive a child of promise, a child of prayer, one given in love. But how admirably does the prudent, pious mother, guard her lips under this sudden affliction! Not one peevish word escapes from her. Such confidence had she of God's goodness, that she was ready to believe that he would restore what he had now taken away. O woman, great is thy faith! He that wrought it, would not disappoint it. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Kings 4:18–37 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Shunem— 2 Kgs 4:11
- Mount Carmel— 2 Kgs 4:25
- Gilgal 2— 2 Kgs 4:38
- Baal-shalishah— 2 Kgs 4:42
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