2 Kings 4:8 - Modern English Version

⁸ One day Elisha passed through Shunem, and a noble woman was there who urged him to eat a meal. So whenever he passed through, he stopped there to eat a meal.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a rich and influential woman lived, who insisted on his eating a meal. Afterward, whenever he passed by, he stopped there for a meal.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

Common English Bible

⁸ One day Elisha went to Shunem. A rich woman lived there. She urged him to eat something, so whenever he passed by, he would stop in to eat some food.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Now it happened that, on a certain day, Elisha passed by Shunem. And there was a great woman there, who took him to eat bread. And since he frequently passed by there, he turned aside to her house, so that he might eat bread.

2 Kings 4:8 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 19:3

But he strongly insisted, so they turned aside with him and entered his house. Then he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

2 Samuel 19:32

Barzillai was very old, eighty years old. But he sustained the king during his stay in Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man.

1 Kings 1:3

So they searched for a beautiful young woman throughout the land of Israel and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

2 Kings 4:18

When the child was older, he went out one day to his father with the reapers.

Job 1:3

His possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and very many servants. This man was the greatest of all the people of the East.

Job 32:9

Great men are not always wise, nor do the aged always understand judgment.

Proverbs 7:21

With her enticing speech she led him astray; with her flattering lips she seduced him.

Matthew 25:17

So also, he who had received two gained another two.

Luke 1:15

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

Luke 14:23

“Then the master said to the servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.

Luke 24:29

But they urged Him, saying, “Stay with us. For it is nearly evening and the day is far spent.” So He went in to stay with them.

Acts 16:15

When she and her household were baptized, she entreated us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and remain there.” And she persuaded us.

Joshua 19:18

Their territory included Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem,

Judges 19:20

The old man said, “Do not worry. I will take care of whatever you need. Just do not spend the night in the city square.”

1 Samuel 28:4

Then the Philistines gathered themselves together. And they came and camped in Shunem. So Saul gathered all Israel together, and they camped in Gilboa.