2 Kings 4:8

And a day came, when Elisaie passed over to Soman, and there was a great lady there, and she constrained him to eat bread: and it came to pass as often as he went into the city, that he turned aside to eat there.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And it fell on a day, that Elisha 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.

In Context

7And she came and told the man of God: and Elisaie said, Go, and sell the oil, and thou shalt pay thy + 4:7 Gr. interest, pl.debts, and thou and thy sons shall live of the remaining oil.

9And the woman said to her husband, See now, I know that this is a holy man of God who comes over continually to us.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:3And he constrained them, and they turned aside to him, and they entered into his house, and he made a feast for them, and baked unleavened cakes for them, and they did eat.

Judges 19:20And the old man said, Peace be to thee; only be every want of thine upon me, only do thou by no means lodge in the street.

2 Samuel 19:32And Berzelli the Galaadite came down from Rogellim, and crossed over Jordan with the king, that he might conduct the king over Jordan.

2 Kings 4:11And a day came, and he went in thither, and turned aside into the upper chamber, and lay there.

Job 1:3And his cattle consisted of seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-asses in the pastures, and a very great household, and he had a great husbandry on the earth; and that man was most noble of the men of the east.

Proverbs 7:21So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips she forced him from the right path.

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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