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2 Kings 4:17
2 Kings 4:17 is verse 17 of 2 Kings chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
King James Version
And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.
World English Bible
The woman conceived, and bore a son at that season when the time came around, as Elisha had said to her.
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2 Kings 4:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible
15 “Call her,” said Elisha. So Gehazi called her, and she stood in the doorway.
16 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.”
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.
18 And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters.
19 “My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 21:1Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.
1 Samuel 1:19The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.
1 Samuel 1:20So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the LORD.”
Psalms 113:9He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!
Luke 1:24After these days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. She declared,
Luke 1:25“The Lord has done this for me. In these days He has shown me favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.”
Luke 1:36Look, even Elizabeth your relative has conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is in her sixth month.
Hebrews 11:11By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.