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King James Version (1611 Edition)

2 Kings 4:15

And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the doore.

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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Elisha said, "Call her." So Gehazi called the woman. She came and stood at his door.
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.
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 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and shee constrained him to eate bread: And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, hee turned in thither to eate bread. 9 And shee said vnto her husband, Behold now, I perceiue that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by vs continually. 10 Let vs make a litle chamber, I pray thee, on the wall, and let vs set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stoole, and a candlesticke: and it shall be when he commeth to vs, that hee shall turne in thither. 11 And it fell on a day that hee came thither, and hee turned into the chamber, and lay there. 12 And he said to Gehazi his seruant, Call this Shunammite. And when hee had called her, she stood before him. 13 And he said vnto him, Say, now vnto her, Behold, thou hast beene carefull for vs with all this care; What is to be done for thee? Wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captaine of the hoste? And she answered, I dwell among mine owne people. 14 And he said, What then is to bee done for her? And Gehazi answered, Uerily she hath no child, and her husband is old. 15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the doore. 16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt imbrace a sonne. And she said, Nay my lord, thou man of God, doe not lie vnto thine handmaid. 17 And the woman conceiued, and bare a sonne at that season, that Elisha had said vnto her, according to the time of life.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 4:24
If Cain shall bee auenged seuen fold, truely Lamech seuenty and seuen folde.
Leviticus 26:18
And if ye will not yet for all this hearken vnto me, then I will punish you seuen times more for your sinnes.
Leviticus 26:21
And if ye walke contrary vnto me, and will not hearken vnto mee, I will bring seuen times moe plagues vpon you, according to your sinnes.
Leviticus 26:24
Then will I also walke contrary vnto you, and will punish you yet seuen times for your sinnes.
Leviticus 26:28
Then I wil walke contrary vnto you also in fury, and I, euen I will chastise you seuen times for your sinnes.
1 Kings 16:7
And also by the hand of the prophet Iehu the sonne of Hanani, came the word of the Lord against Baasha, and against his house, euen for all the euill that hee did in the sight of the Lord, in prouoking him to anger with the worke of his hands, in being like the house of Ieroboam, and because he killed him.
Psalms 59:11
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them downe, O Lord our shield.
Psalms 79:12
And render vnto our neighbours seuen fold into their bosome, their reproach wherewith they haue reproched thee, O Lord.
Proverbs 6:31
But if he be found, he shall restore seuenfold, he shall giue all the substance of his house.
Ezekiel 9:4
And the Lord sayd vnto him, Goe through the middest of the citie, through the middest of Ierusalem, and set a marke vpon the foreheads of the men that sigh, and that cry for all the abominations, that bee done in the middest thereof.

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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