📖WEB · 2 Kings 4:17
What does 2 Kings 4:17 mean?
"The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time came around, as Elisha had said to her."
— 2 Kings 4:17 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
He said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Most certainly she has no son, and her husband is old.”
He said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the door.
He said, “At this season, when the time comes around, you will embrace a son.” She said, “No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your servant.”
The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season, when the time came around, as Elisha had said to her.
When the child was grown, one day he went out to his father to the reapers.
He said to his father, “My head! My head!” He said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
When he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees until noon, and then died.
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