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New King James Version

2 Kings 4:15

So he said, "Call her." When he had called her, she stood in the doorway.

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.
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 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 1 Kings 17:17-24">[xr] Now it happened one day that Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a notable woman, and she persuaded him to eat some food. So it was, as often as he passed by, he would turn in there to eat some food. 9 And she said to her husband, "Look now, I know that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us regularly. 10 Please, let us make a small upper room on the wall; and let us put a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; so it will be, whenever he comes to us, he can turn in there." 11 And it happened one day that he came there, and he turned in to the upper room and lay down there. 12 Then he said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite woman." When he had called her, she stood before him. 13 And he said to him, "Say now to her, "Look, you have been concerned for us with all this care. What can I do for you? Do you want me to speak on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?"' She answered, "I dwell among my own people." 14 So he said, "What then is to be done for her?" And Gehazi answered, "Actually, she has no son, and her husband is old." 15 So he said, "Call her." When he had called her, she stood in the doorway. 16 Then he said, "About this time next year you shall embrace a son." And she said, "No, my lord. Man of God, do not lie to your maidservant!" 17 But the woman conceived, and bore a son when the appointed time had come, of which Elisha had told her.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 4:24
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold."
Leviticus 26:18
"And after all this, if you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
Leviticus 26:21
"Then, if you walk contrary to Me, and are not willing to obey Me, I will bring on you seven times more plagues, according to your sins.
Leviticus 26:24
then I also will walk contrary to you, and I will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
Leviticus 26:28
then I also will walk contrary to you in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
1 Kings 16:7
And also the word of the LORD came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD in provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he killed them.
Psalms 59:11
Do not slay them, lest my people forget; Scatter them by Your power, And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
Psalms 79:12
And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.
Proverbs 6:31
Yet when he is found, he must restore sevenfold; He may have to give up all the substance of his house.
Ezekiel 9:4
and the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it."

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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