2 Kings
4:8-37
- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
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- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- VIII.XLVI, Against Celsus, Origen (c. 246)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "Thus the servants of God are not unthankful for the benefits they receive."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "Elisha cried unto God in faith; and the beloved son was restored alive to his mother. Those who would convey spiritual life to dead souls, must feel deeply for their case, and labour fervently in prayer for them."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "We are never straiten'd in God, and in his power and bounty, and the riches of his grace. All our straitness is in ourselves. It is our faith that fails, not his promise. Were there more vessels, there is enough in God to fill them, enough for all, enough for each."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "Miracles were for the most part performed instantaneously; but sometimes, also, they were advanced progressively towards completion."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
-
"God Cannot
Be Outdone!" Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
- "The story of Elisha and the hospitable Shunammite woman showed that generosity shown comes back to bless the giver."
-
"God Cannot
Be Outdone!" Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
- Articles & Background:
-
"Vier
Gestalten einer Totenerweckungserzählung (1 Kön 17,17-24; 2 Kön 4,8-37; Apg 9,36-42;
Apg 20,7-12)," H.-J. Stipp, Biblica 80 (1999).
Abstract (in English).
- "The four successive versions of the story of the raising from the dead in 2 Kgs 4,8-37; 1 Kgs 17,17-24; Acts 9,36-42 and Acts 20,7-12 are very differently constructed narratives, tailored to diverse aims."
- "The End of the Omride Dynasty: Social-Ethical Observations on the Subject of Power and Violence," Hannelis Schulte, Semeia 66: Ethics and Politics in the Hebrew Bible, 1994.
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"Vier
Gestalten einer Totenerweckungserzählung (1 Kön 17,17-24; 2 Kön 4,8-37; Apg 9,36-42;
Apg 20,7-12)," H.-J. Stipp, Biblica 80 (1999).
Abstract (in English).
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Amit, Yairah, "A Prophet Tested: Elisha, the Great Woman of Shunem and the Story's Double
Message," Biblical Interpretation, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Amit, Yairah,
"The Shunammite, the Shulammite and the Professor between Midrash and
Midrash," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Havrelock, Rachel, "The Myth of Birthing the Hero:
Heroic Barrenness in the Hebrew Bible," Biblical Interpretation,
2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hobbs, T.R.,
"Hospitality in the First Testament and the 'Teleological Fallacy',"
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Satterthwaite, Philip E., "The
Elisha Narratives and the Coherence of 2 Kings 2-8," Tyndale Bulletin,
1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Amit, Yairah, "A Prophet Tested: Elisha, the Great Woman of Shunem and the Story's Double
Message," Biblical Interpretation, 2003.
- Sermons:
- With Children:
- "Elisha," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- "Elisha and the Shunammite Woman," "Elisha Raises a Boy from the Dead," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: 2 Kings 4:26. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of 2 Kings
