2 Kings 4:22
New International Version
She called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and a donkey so I can go to the man of God quickly and return.”

New Living Translation
She sent a message to her husband: “Send one of the servants and a donkey so that I can hurry to the man of God and come right back.”

English Standard Version
Then she called to her husband and said, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may quickly go to the man of God and come back again.”

Berean Standard Bible
And the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.”

King James Bible
And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.

New King James Version
Then she called to her husband, and said, “Please send me one of the young men and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and come back.”

New American Standard Bible
Then she called to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so that I may run to the man of God and return.”

NASB 1995
Then she called to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and return.”

NASB 1977
Then she called to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and return.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And she called to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the young men and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and return.”

Amplified Bible
Then she called to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so that I may run to the man of God and return.”

Christian Standard Bible
She summoned her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so I can hurry to the man of God and come back again.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
She summoned her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so I can hurry to the man of God and then come back.”

American Standard Version
And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the servants, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And she called her husband and she said: “Send me one of the Boy Servants and one donkey. I shall come unto the Prophet of God.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And she called her husband, and said, Send now for me one of the young men, and one of the asses, and I will ride quickly to the man of God, and return.

Contemporary English Version
The woman called to her husband, "I need to see the prophet. Let me use one of the donkeys. Send a servant along with me, and let me leave now, so I can get back quickly."

Douay-Rheims Bible
She called her husband, and said: Send with me, I beseech thee, one of thy servants, and an ass that I may run to the man of God, and come again.

English Revised Version
And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the servants, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
She called her husband and said, "Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys. I will go quickly to the man of God and come back again."

Good News Translation
Then she called her husband and said to him, "Send a servant here with a donkey. I need to go to the prophet Elisha. I'll be back as soon as I can."

International Standard Version
Then she called to her husband and asked him, "Please send me one of the servants, along with one of the donkeys, so I can ride quickly to see that godly man. I'll be right back."

JPS Tanakh 1917
And she called unto her husband, and said: 'Send me, I pray thee, one of the servants, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come back.'

Literal Standard Version
and calls to her husband and says, “Please send one of the young men and one of the donkeys to me, and I run to the man of God, and return.”

Majority Standard Bible
And the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.”

New American Bible
and called to her husband, “Let me have one of the servants and a donkey. I must go quickly to the man of God, and I will be back.”

NET Bible
She called to her husband, "Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so I can go see the prophet quickly and then return."

New Revised Standard Version
Then she called to her husband, and said, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so that I may quickly go to the man of God and come back again.”

New Heart English Bible
She called to her husband, and said, "Please send me one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God, and come again."

Webster's Bible Translation
And she called to her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.

World English Bible
She called to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and come again.”

Young's Literal Translation
and calleth unto her husband, and saith, 'Send, I pray thee, to me, one of the young men, and one of the asses, and I run unto the man of God, and return.'

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Context
Elisha Raises the Shunammite's Son
21And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out. 22And the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.” 23“Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.…

Cross References
2 Kings 4:21
And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.

2 Kings 4:23
"Why would you go to him today?" he replied. "It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath." "Everything is all right," she said.


Treasury of Scripture

And she called to her husband, and said, Send me, I pray you, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.

I may run

2 Kings 4:24,26
Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee…

John 11:3
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

Acts 9:38
And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.

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2 Kings 4
1. Elisha multiplies the widow's oil
8. He obtains a son for the good Shunammite
18. He restores her son when dead
38. At Gilgal he heals the deadly pottage
42. He satisfies a hundred men with twenty loaves














(22) One of the young men.--To lead and drive the ass.

Asses.--She-asses.

That I may run.--Notice the striking naturalness of the language, in which she promises to be back soon.

Verse 22. - And she culled unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses. She "called to her husband" from the house, without calling him into the house, expressing her desire to visit Elisha, without stating the object of her visit, and asked for the necessary riding-animal and escort. The nearest part of Carmel was at least fourteen or fifteen miles from Shunem, so that she could not walk, That I may run - i.e., hasten - to the man of God. "Man of God" was evidently the designation by which Elisha was known in the house (vers. 16, 21, 25). And some again; i.e. return home before nightfall.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And the woman called
וַתִּקְרָא֮ (wat·tiq·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

her husband
אִישָׁהּ֒ (’î·šāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

and said,
וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Please
נָ֥א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

send
שִׁלְחָ֨ה (šil·ḥāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

me
לִי֙ (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

one
אֶחָ֣ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

of
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the servants
הַנְּעָרִ֔ים (han·nə·‘ā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

and one
וְאַחַ֖ת (wə·’a·ḥaṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's 259: United, one, first

of the donkeys,
הָאֲתֹנ֑וֹת (hā·’ă·ṯō·nō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 860: A female donkey

that I may go quickly
וְאָר֛וּצָה (wə·’ā·rū·ṣāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 7323: To run

to
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

the man
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of God
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and return.”
וְאָשֽׁוּבָה׃ (wə·’ā·šū·ḇāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again


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