2 Kings 4:2
And Elisha said to her: “What do you want me to do for you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” And she responded, “I, your handmaid, do not have anything in my house, except a little oil, with which I may be anointed.”
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3And he said to her: “Go, ask to borrow from all your neighbors empty vessels, more than a few.
Cross References
1 Kings 17:12And she responded: “As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread, except a handful of flour in a jar, and a little oil in a bottle. See, I am collecting a couple of sticks, so that I may go in and make it for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
2 Kings 6:26And as the king of Israel was passing by the wall, a certain woman cried out to him, saying, “Save me, my lord the king!”
John 6:5And so, when Jesus had lifted up his eyes and had seen that a very great multitude came to him, he said to Philip, “From where should we buy bread, so that these may eat?”
2 Corinthians 6:10as if sorrowful and yet always rejoicing; as if needy and yet enriching many; as if having nothing and possessing everything.
Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 4:2-8
The Increase of the Widow's Oil. ( b. c. 894.) 1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, 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. 2 And Elisha 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. 3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad… Read the whole commentary →