John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 4:25

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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So she went and came unto the man of God at Mount Carmel, etc.] Where Elijah used to be, and where, perhaps, was a school of the prophets; this, according to Bunting f48, was sixteen miles from Shunem: and it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off; as he might from the eminence of the mountain: that he said to Gehazi his servant, behold, yonder is that Shunammite; that has so often and so hospitably entertained us at her house.

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