II Kings 4:27
| And when she came to the man of God, to the mount, she caught hold on his feet: and Giezi came to remove her. And the man of God said: Let her alone, for her soul is in anguish, and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
| Her. Being aware of the extreme circumspection and modesty of his master. --- Told me. Hence it appears that the prophets were not inspired at all times, 2 Kings 7:3, "that they might be sensible that what they had was a gift of God." (St. Gregory, hom. in Ezech. 11)
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