John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 5. And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life , etc.] Which was the Shunammite’s son: that, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life cried to the king for her house, and for her land ; came and presented her petition to the king at that very instant: and Gehazi said, my lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life ; the very person I am speaking of.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-6 - The kindness of the good Shunammite to Elisha, was rewarded by the car taken of her in famine. It is well to foresee an evil, and wisdom, when we foresee it, to hide ourselves if we lawfully may do so. When the famine was over, she returned out of the land of the Philistines; tha was no proper place for an Israelite, any longer than there wa necessity for it. Time was when she dwelt so securely among her ow people, that she had no occasion to be spoken for to the king; but there is much uncertainty in this life, so that things or persons ma fail us which we most depend upon, and those befriend us which we thin we shall never need. Sometimes events, small in themselves, prove of consequence, as here; for they made the king ready to believe Gehazi' narrative, when thus confirmed. It made him ready to grant her request and to support a life which was given once and again by miracle.
Original Hebrew ויהי1961 הוא1931 מספר5608 למלך4428 את853 אשׁר834 החיה2421 את853 המת4191 והנה2009 האשׁה802 אשׁר834 החיה2421 את853 בנה1121 צעקת6817 אל413 המלך4428 על5921 ביתה1004 ועל5921 שׂדה7704 ויאמר559 גחזי1522 אדני113 המלך4428 זאת2063 האשׁה802 וזה2088 בנה1121 אשׁר834 החיה2421 אלישׁע׃477
