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Selected Verse: 2 Kings 4:33 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
2Ki 4:33 |
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, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.