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2 Kings 4:15

Then Elisha said, "Call her." So Gehazi called the woman. She came and stood at his door.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Shunammite;   Women;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gehazi;   Shunem;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Miracle;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hospitality;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Shunem;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Shalisha;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Furniture;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Medicine;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gehazi ;   Shunammite ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elisha;   Gehazi;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Eli'sha;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gehazi;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Call her,” Elisha said. So Gehazi called her, and she stood in the doorway.
Hebrew Names Version
He said, Call her. When he had called her, she stood in the door.
King James Version
And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
English Standard Version
He said, "Call her." And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway.
New Century Version
Then Elisha said to Gehazi, "Call her." When he called her, she stood in the doorway.
New English Translation
Elisha told him, "Ask her to come here." So he did so and she came and stood in the doorway.
Amplified Bible
He said, "Call her." So Gehazi called her, and she [came and] stood in the doorway.
New American Standard Bible
He then said, "Call her." When he had called her, she stood in the doorway.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then said he, Cal her. And hee called her, and shee stoode in the doore.
Legacy Standard Bible
And he said, "Call her." So he called her, and she stood in the doorway.
Contemporary English Version
"Ask her to come here again," Elisha told his servant. He called for her, and she came and stood in the doorway of Elisha's room.
Complete Jewish Bible
Elisha said, "Call her." After he called her, she stood in the doorway.
Darby Translation
And he said, Call her; and he called her; and she stood in the doorway.
George Lamsa Translation
And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
Good News Translation
"Tell her to come here," Elisha ordered. She came and stood in the doorway,
Lexham English Bible
And he said, "Call for her," so he called for her and she stood in the doorway.
Literal Translation
And he said, Call for her. And he called for her. And she stood at the door.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
He sayde: Call her. And wha he had called her, she stode at the dore.
American Standard Version
And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
Bible in Basic English
Then he said, Send for her. And in answer to his voice she took her place at the door.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he said: Call her. And when he had called her, she stoode in the doore.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said: 'Call her.' And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
King James Version (1611)
And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the doore.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he called her, and she stood by the door.
English Revised Version
And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
Berean Standard Bible
"Call her," said Elisha. So Gehazi called her, and she stood in the doorway.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Elisee comaundide, that he schulde clepe hir. And whanne sche was clepid, and stood bifor the dore,
Young's Literal Translation
And he saith, `Call for her;' and he calleth for her, and she standeth at the opening,
Update Bible Version
And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
World English Bible
He said, Call her. When he had called her, she stood in the door.
New King James Version
So he said, "Call her." When he had called her, she stood in the doorway.
New Living Translation
"Call her back again," Elisha told him. When the woman returned, Elisha said to her as she stood in the doorway,
New Life Bible
Elisha said, "Call her." When he had called her, she stood at the door.
New Revised Standard
He said, "Call her." When he had called her, she stood at the door.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he said - Call her. So he called her, and she stood in the doorway.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Then he bid him call her. And when she was called, and stood before the door,
Revised Standard Version
He said, "Call her." And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway.
THE MESSAGE
"Call her in," said Elisha. He called her and she stood at the open door.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He said, "Call her." When he had called her, she stood in the doorway.

Contextual Overview

8 One day Elisha went to Shunem, where an important woman lived. She asked Elisha to stop and eat at her house. So every time Elisha went through that place, he stopped there to eat. 9 The woman said to her husband, "Look, I can see that Elisha is a holy man of God. He passes by our house all the time. 10 Please, let's make a little room on the roof for him. Let's put a bed in this room and a table, a chair, and a lampstand. Then when he comes to our house, he can have this room for himself." 11 One day Elisha came to the woman's house. He went to this room and rested there. 12 Elisha said to his servant Gehazi, "Call this Shunammite woman." The servant called the Shunammite woman, and she stood in front of Elisha. 13 Elisha told his servant, "Now say to her, ‘Look, you have done your best to take care of us. What can we do for you? Do you want us to speak to the king for you, or to the captain of the army?'" She answered, "I am fine living here among my own people." 14 Elisha said to Gehazi, "What can we do for her?" He answered, "I know! She does not have a son, and her husband is old." 15 Then Elisha said, "Call her." So Gehazi called the woman. She came and stood at his door. 16 Elisha said, "About this time next spring, you will be holding your own baby boy in your arms." The woman said, "No, sir! Man of God, don't lie to me!" 17 But the woman did become pregnant and gave birth to a son that next spring, just as Elisha had said.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 4:24
The punishment for killing Cain was very bad. But the punishment for killing me will be many times worse!"
Leviticus 26:18
"After these things, if you still don't obey me, I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
Leviticus 26:21
"If you still turn against me and refuse to obey me, I will beat you seven times harder! The more you sin, the more you will be punished.
Leviticus 26:24
then I will also turn against you. I—yes, I myself—will punish you seven times for your sins.
Leviticus 26:28
then I will really show my anger! I—yes, I myself—will punish you seven times for your sins.
1 Kings 16:7
That book also has the story of the time the Lord gave the message to Jehu the prophet about Baasha and his family. Baasha did many things the Lord said were wrong, just as Jeroboam and his family had done. This and the fact that Baasha had killed everyone in Jeroboam's family made the Lord very angry.
Psalms 59:11
Don't just kill them, or my people might forget. My Lord and Protector, scatter and defeat them with your strength.
Psalms 79:12
Punish the nations around us! Pay them back seven times for what they did to us. Punish them for insulting you.
Ezekiel 9:4
Then the Lord said to him, "Go through the city of Jerusalem. Put a mark on the forehead of everyone who feels sad and upset about all the terrible things people are doing in this city."
Hosea 1:4
The Lord said to Hosea, "Name him Jezreel, because soon I will punish the family of Jehu for the people he killed at Jezreel Valley. Then I will put an end to the kingdom of the nation of Israel.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said, call her,.... Perhaps finding an impulse on his own mind, from the Spirit of God, that this was the thing to be done for her:

and when he had called her, she stood in the door; of his chamber:

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