2 Kings 4:37

Contextual Overview

¹⁸The child grew and one day went out to his father and the harvesters. ¹⁸ When the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. ¹⁸ And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. ¹⁸ When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father among the reapers. ¹⁸ The boy grew up and one day went out to his father, who was with the grain harvesters. ¹⁸ The boy grew and one day he went out to see his father who was with the harvest workers. ¹⁸When the child was grown, the day came that he went out to his father, to the reapers. ¹⁸ When the child was grown, the day came that he went out to his father, to the reapers. ¹⁸ And when the childe was growen, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father, and to the reapers. ¹⁸Then the child was grown. And the day came that he went out to his father to the reapers.

Bible Verse Review
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fell at his feet: 2 Kings 4:27, 2 Kings 2:15, 1 Kings 17:24

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:12 - he bowed himself 1 Samuel 25:24 - fell 1 Kings 17:23 - thy son liveth

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground,.... In reverence of him, and with the most profound gratitude and thankfulness for the mercy received:

and took up her son, and went out; of the chamber into her house, with great joy and gladness.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 37. She went in and fell at his feet — Few can enter into the feelings of this noble woman. What suspense must she have felt during the time that the prophet was employed in the slow process referred to above! for slow in its own nature it must have been, and exceedingly exhausting to the prophet himself.