When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, "Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me."
Cross References
2 Kings 4:25So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, "Look, there is the Shunammite woman.
2 Kings 4:26Please run out now to meet her and ask, 'Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is your child all right?'" And she answered, "Everything is all right."
Treasury of Scripture
And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD has hid it from me, and has not told me.
him by the feet [heb] by his feet
Matthew 28:9
And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
Luke 7:38
And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
thrust
Matthew 15:23
But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
Matthew 20:31
And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.
Mark 10:13
And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
Let her alone
Mark 14:6
And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
John 12:7
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
vexed [heb] bitter
1 Samuel 1:10
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
Job 10:1
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Proverbs 14:10
The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
hid it from me
2 Kings 6:12
And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
Genesis 18:17
And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
2 Samuel 7:3
And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.
