2 Kings 4:23 meaning and explanation

“Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.

2 Kings 4:23, Berean Standard Bible

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The Shunammite woman's son has just died on her lap, and she asks her husband for a servant and a donkey to reach Elisha. His question shows the ordinary rhythm of their life: visits to the man of God were tied to holy days, the New Moon festival and the Sabbath, not to an urgent weekday.

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