2 Kings 4:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

Him by the feet

Matthew 28:9

Luke 7:38

Thrust

John 12:4

Let her alone

Mark 14:6

John 12:7

Vexed

Hid it from me

John 15:15

General references

Genesis 18:17

Bible References

Him by the feet

But Jesus met them, saying, "Greetings!" They came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him.

As she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. She wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the perfumed oil.

Thrust

But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him, "Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us."

The crowd scolded them to get them to be quiet. But they shouted even more loudly, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"

Now people were bringing little children to him for him to touch, but the disciples scolded those who brought them.

Now at that very moment his disciples came back. They were shocked because he was speaking with a woman. However, no one said, "What do you want?" or "Why are you speaking with her?"

But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was going to betray him) said,

Let her alone

But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me.

So Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial.

Vexed

She was very upset as she prayed to the Lord, and she was weeping uncontrollably.

"I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share.

A person's spirit sustains him through sickness -- but who can bear a crushed spirit?

Hid it from me

One of his advisers said, "No, my master, O king. The prophet Elisha who lives in Israel keeps telling the king of Israel the things you say in your bedroom."

Then the Lord said, "Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

Nathan replied to the king, "You should go and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you."

Certainly the sovereign Lord does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.

I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father.

General references

Then the Lord said, "Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?