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Commentary for II Kings 4:14

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר וּמֶ֖ה לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָ֑הּ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר גֵּיחֲזִ֗י אֲבָ֛ל בֵּ֥ן אֵֽין־לָ֖הּ וְאִישָׁ֥הּ זָקֵֽן׃

And he said: ‘What then is to be done for her?’ And Gehazi answered: ‘Verily she hath no son, and her husband is old.’

Rashi on II Kings

And he said. Elisha [said] to Geichazi.
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Metzudat David on II Kings

After she went before him, to Gehzi, and what is this kindness they are doing to her.
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Rashi on II Kings

“Then what is there to do for her?” To reciprocate for this favor.
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Metzudat David on II Kings

Truthfully, he had the right to be kind, because she had no son, and she was an old woman , and by the way of nature she cant give birth again and if you give birth to another son it would be a great gift.
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