2 Kings 4:3

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

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

In Context

2And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for you? tell me, what have you in the house? And she said, Yours handmaid has not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.

4And when you are come in, you shall shut the door upon you and upon your sons, and shall pour out into all those vessels, and you shall set aside that which is full.

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Cross References

2 Kings 3:16And he said, Thus says the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches.

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

John 2:7Jesus says unto them, Fill the water pots 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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