"And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this {is} an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually…" — 2 Kings 4:9

2 Kings 4:9 · KJV

“And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this {is} an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.”

— 2 Kings 4:9

Verse 8

And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where {was} a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And {so} it was, {that} as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. {it fell on a day: Heb. there was a day} {constrained him: Heb. laid hold on him}

Verse 10

Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

2 Kings 4 — Context

Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest. {debt: or, creditor}

And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this {is} an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.

And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.

Cross References

1 Kings 17:24

And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou {art} a man of God, {and} that the word of the LORD in thy mouth {is} truth.

Proverbs 31:10-11

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price {is} far above rubies.

2 Kings 4:7

Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest. {debt: or, creditor}

1 Thessalonians 2:10

Ye {are} witnesses, and God {also}, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

Titus 1:8

But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; {men: or, things}

1 Kings 17:18

And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?

Matthew 5:16

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Deuteronomy 33:1

And this {is} the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.

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