9And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
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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.
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. …
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.
Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-17)The giving of a son to such as were old, and had been long childless, was an ancient instance of the divine power and favour, in the case of Abraham, and Isaac, and Manoah, and Elkanah; we find it here among the wonders wrought by Elisha. This was wrought in recompence for the kind entertainment which a good woman gave him, as the promise of a son was given to Abraham when he entertained angels. O…
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