Komentaryong Sumisipi para sa 2 Mga Hari 4:9

We also find this method [of making unrelated inferences from the Prophets and Hagiographa] in the Aggadah. See Tractate Berachos 10b,¹⁵The text cites 9b. where it states [pertaining to what the Shunammite woman said to her husband regarding the prophet Elisha’s holiness, “She said to her husband, ‘See now, I know that he is a holy man of God], who passes by us tamid, regularly.’”¹⁶II Kings 4:9. R Yose ben R. Hanina said in the name of R. Eliezer ben Yaakov: [the word tamid in this verse teaches] that if anyone hosts a Torah scholar in his house and gives him benefit from his belongings, Scripture looks upon him as though he brought tamid offerings¹⁷The tamid, or continual offering, is a communal sacrifice that is offered daily. to the Altar.” Certainly the Shunammite woman did not intend [to teach this ethical concept], but since the prophet, [under Divine inspiration], articulated her words [in a particular way], they invited homiletical interpretation. All of Scripture is “like a hammer that breaks the rock into pieces,”¹⁸See Part 1, chapter 1, to see how the Talmud explains Jer. 23:2. [having numerous interpretations] that [emanate from the verses], just as sparks shoot forth [from the anvil of the mason]. Some sparks land where he [the mason] stands, while others land in outlying locations that he never anticipated they would reach. Similarly, Scripture hints of many matters and secrets, even those that do not relate in way to the context of the passage.

אתו Him is added, although את is before the noun, as in many instances; or it means Him alone.²³The repetition is explained as a sign of emphasis. Comp. Gen. 47:21; 1 Sam. 25:29; 2 Kings 9:27; Neh. 9:29. You shall sanctify. That which is holy is usually revered by men; comp. for he is a man of God, he is holy (2 Kings 4:9).