And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
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Gill's Exposition
And he said,.... That is, Elisha to Gehazi, when he returned to him, and told him what the Shunammite said:
what then is to be done for her? something he thought should be done in gratitude, the…
Adam Clarke
What then is to be done for her? - It seems that the woman retired as soon as she had delivered the answer mentioned in the preceding verse.
The giving of a son to such as were old, and had been long childless, was an ancient instance of the divine power and favour, in the case of Abraham, and Isaac, and Manoah, and Elkanah; we find it…
Cambridge Bible
And he said Clearly, to Gehazi. This the LXX. adds.
Verily she hath no child R.V. son. The R.V. is correct, though it seems from the whole narrative that the woman was childless. Of the great grief…
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