4And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
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But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. …
He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?
And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. …
And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Here we have, I. The wickedness of Israel punished with a long famine, one of God’s sore judgments often threatened in the law. Canaan , that fruitful land, was turned into barrenness , for the iniquity of those that dwelt therein . The famine in Samaria was soon relieved by the raising of that siege, but neither that judgment nor that mercy had a due influence upon them, and therefore the Lord ca…
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