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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 4:33 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ki 4:33 |
Strong Concordance |
He went in [0935] therefore, and shut [05462] the door [01817] upon them twain [08147], and prayed [06419] unto the LORD [03068]. |
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King James |
He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Prayed - Prayer was the only remedy in such a case as this (compare the marginal reference and Jam 5:16), though it did not exclude the use of other means Kg2 4:34. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Shut the door - Upon himself and the dead child, that he might pray to God without distraction, and might more freely use those means which he thought fit. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Prayed unto the Lord - He had no power of his own by which he could restore the child. |
34 And he went up [05927], and lay [07901] upon the child [03206], and put [07760] his mouth [06310] upon his mouth [06310], and his eyes [05869] upon his eyes [05869], and his hands [03709] upon his hands [03709]: and he stretched [01457] himself upon the child; and the flesh [01320] of the child [03206] waxed warm [02552].
16 Confess [1843] your faults [3900] one to another [240], and [2532] pray [2172] one [240] for [5228] another [240], that [3704] ye may be healed [2390]. The effectual fervent [1754] prayer [1162] of a righteous man [1342] availeth [2480] much [4183].