2 Kings 4
The Widow's
Oil |
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Now there cried a certain woman of the
wives of the sons of the prophets unto Eli'sha, saying, Thy servant
my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the
LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him
my two sons to be bondmen.
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And Eli'sha said unto her, What shall I
do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said,
Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of
oil.
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Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels
abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a
few.
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And when thou art 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.
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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.
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And it came to pass, when the vessels
were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he
said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil
stayed.
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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 of the rest.
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Elisha and the
Shunammite Woman |
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And it fell on a day, that Eli'sha
passed to Shunem, where was a great 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.
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And she said unto her husband, Behold
now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, which passeth
by us continually.
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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.
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And it fell on a day, that he came
thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
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And he said to Geha'zi his servant, Call
this Shu'nammite. And when he had called her, she stood before
him.
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And he said unto him, Say now unto her,
Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the
king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among
mine own people.
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And he said, What then is to be
done for her? And Geha'zi answered, Verily she hath no child, and
her husband is old.
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And he said, Call her. And when he had
called her, she stood in the door.
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And he said, About this season, according
to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my
lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine
handmaid.
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And the woman conceived, and bare a son
at that season that Eli'sha had said unto her, according to the time
of life.
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And when the child was grown, it fell
on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
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And he said unto his father, My head, my
head! And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
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And when he had taken him, and brought
him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.
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And she went up, and laid him on the bed
of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went
out.
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And she called unto 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.
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And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to
him today? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
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Then she saddled an ass, and said to her
servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me,
except I bid thee.
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So she went and came unto 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 Geha'zi his servant, Behold, yonder
is that Shu'nammite:
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run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and
say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with
thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
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And when she came to the man of God to
the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Geha'zi came near to
thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her
soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
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Then she said, Did I desire a son of my
lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
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Then he said to Geha'zi, Gird up thy
loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet
any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not
again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
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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.
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And Geha'zi 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.
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And when Eli'sha was come into the
house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his
bed.
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He went in therefore, and shut the door
upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
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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 waxed warm.
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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.
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And he called Geha'zi, and said, Call
this Shu'nammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto
him, he said, Take up thy son.
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Then she went in, and fell at his feet,
and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went
out.
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Elisha's Miracles for
the Prophets |
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And Eli'sha 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 unto his servant, Set on
the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the
prophets.
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And one went out into the field to gather
herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his
lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage:
for they knew them not.
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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 thereof.
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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.
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And there came a man from
Ba'al-shali'sha, and brought the man of God bread of the
firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the
husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may
eat.
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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 thereof.
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So he set it before them, and they
did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the
LORD.
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