Jewish Custom of Taking Care of Hurting People:

2 Kings 4:11. And it was on a day that he came there and he turned into the room and lay there. 12. And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunamite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. 13. And he said to him, Now say to her, Behold, you have been careful for us with all this care. What is to be done for you? Would you be spoken for to the king or to the captain of the army? And she answered, I live among my own people.

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This article is one of 839 in the four-volume One New Man Bible Companion by Rev. William J. Morford: commentary, word studies, myths corrected, Jewish roots, and maps.