2 Kings 4:3

“Go,” said Elisha, “borrow empty jars from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.

Majority Standard Bible

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

2“How can I help you?” asked Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”

4Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside.”

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Cross References

2 Kings 3:16and he said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Dig this valley full of ditches.’

Psalms 81:10I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.

John 2:7Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them 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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