2 Kings 4:3

Then he said, “Go, borrow empty containers from all your neighbors. Don’t borrow just a few containers.

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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

2Elisha said to her, “What should I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She said, “Your servant has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil.”

4Go in and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour oil into all those containers; and set aside those which are full.”

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Cross References

2 Kings 3:16He said, “The LORD says, ‘Make this valley full of trenches.’

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

John 2:7Jesus said to them, “Fill the water pots with water.” So 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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