2 Kings 4:16 Cross References: And he said, At this season, when the time cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.

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And Elisha declared, "At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms." "No, my lord," she said. "Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God."

Cross References

Genesis 18:14
Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you--in about a year--and Sarah will have a son."

2 Kings 4:15
"Call her," said Elisha. So Gehazi called her, and she stood in the doorway.

2 Kings 4:17
But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.

2 Kings 4:28
Then she said, "Did I ask my lord for a son? Didn't I say, 'Do not deceive me?'"

Chapter Outline

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

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Genesis 17:21
But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year."

Genesis 18:10, 14
Then the LORD said, "I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!" Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent. . . .

season [heb] set time

Genesis 17:16, 17
And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her." . . .

Luke 1:13, 30, 31
But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall give him the name John. . . .

my lord

2 Kings 2:19
Then the men of the city said to Elisha, "Please note, our lord, that the city's location is good, but the water is bad and the land is unfruitful."

do not lie

2 Kings 18:9
In the fourth year of Hezekiah's reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.

Psalm 116:11
In my alarm I said, "All men are liars!"

Luke 1:18-20
"How can I be sure of this?" Zechariah asked the angel. "I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years." . . .

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