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2 Kings 4 :: Webster's Bible (WEB)

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The Widow's Oil

(cf. 1Ki 17:14–16 )
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:1 - Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant feared the LORD: and the creditor hath come to take to him my two sons to be bond-men.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thy handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:3 - Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:4 - And when thou hast come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:5 - So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:6 - And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said to her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:7 - Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children on the remainder.

The Shunammite Woman

(cf. 1Ki 17:17–24 )
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:8 - And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a distinguished woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:9 - And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who passeth by us continually.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:11 - And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:12 - And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunamite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:13 - And he said to him, Say now to her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldst thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among my own people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:14 - And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:15 - And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie to thy handmaid.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:17 - And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that season that Elisha had said to her, according to the time of life.

The Shunammite's Son

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:18 - And when the child was grown, it happened on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:19 - And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20 - And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:21 - And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:22 - And she called to her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:23 - And he said, Why wilt thou go to him to-day? it is neither new-moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:25 - So she went and came to the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunamite:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:26 - Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say to her, Is it well with thee? Is it well with thy husband? Is it well with the child? and she answered, It is well.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:27 - And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is sorrowful within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:28 - Then she said, Did I ask a son from my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:29 - Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way: and if thou shalt meet any man, salute him not; and if any shall salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:30 - And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31 - And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:32 - And when Elisha had come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:33 - He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them both, and prayed to the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:34 - And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child became warm.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:35 - Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:36 - And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunamite. So he called her. And when she had come in to him, he said, Take up thy son.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:37 - Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

The Poisonous Stew

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 - And Elisha came again to Gilgal. And there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:39 - And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered from it wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:40 - So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat of it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:41 - But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
(cf. Mat 14:13–21; 15:32–39 )
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:42 - And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in its husk. And he said, Give to the people, that they may eat.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:43 - And his servitor said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave of it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:44 - So he set it before them, and they ate, and left of it, according to the word of the LORD.
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