2 Kings 4:3

And he said, Go, borrow for thyself vessels abroad from all thy neighbours, empty vessels; let it not be few;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

In Context

2And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for thee? Tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thy handmaid has not anything at all in the house but a pot of oil.

4and go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels, and set aside what is full.

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Cross References

2 Kings 3:16And he said, Thus saith Jehovah: Make this valley full of ditches.

Psalms 81:10I am Jehovah thy God, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

John 2:7Jesus says to them, Fill the water-vessels with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

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 →

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