2 Kings 4:16

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And he said, “At this season, when the time comes round, you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your maidservant.”

Cross References

Genesis 18:10

The Lord said, “I will surely return to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife shall have a son.” And Sarah was listening at the tent door behind him.

Luke 1:13

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

2 Kings 4:28

Then she said, “Did I ask my lord for a son? Did I not say, Do not deceive me?”

Genesis 17:21

But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this season next year.”

Psalm 116:11

I said in my consternation, “Men are all a vain hope.”

2 Kings 2:19

Now the men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the land is unfruitful.”

1 Kings 17:18

And she said to Elijah, “What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to cause the death of my son!”

1 Kings 18:9

And he said, “Wherein have I sinned, that you would give your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me?

2 Kings 4:15

He said, “Call her.” And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway.

2 Kings 4:17

But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time the following spring, as Elisha had said to her.

1 Kings 17:24

And the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”