And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
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Gill's Exposition
And it fell on a day,.... Or so it was at a certain time:
that Elisha passed to Shunem; a city in the tribe of Issachar; of which see Jos 19:18,
where was a great woman; of great wealth and…
Barnes' Notes
And it fell on a day - The original of the expression here used, which occurs three times in the present narrative 2Ki 4:11, 2Ki 4:18, is also found in Job 1:6, Job 1:13; Job 2:1. The character of the…
Adam Clarke
Elisha passed to Shunem - This city was in the tribe of Issachar, to the south of the brook Kishon, and at the foot of Mount Tabor.
Where was a great woman - In Pirkey Rab. Eliezer, this woman is said…
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
Elisha promises a son to the hospitable Shunammite (Not in Chronicles)
8. And it fell on a day From its use elsewhere the Hebrew noun, as here, with the article signifies -on that day", -at that…
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