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2 Kings 4 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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The Widow’s Oil

(cf. 1Ki 17:14–16 )

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Now one of the wives of a man of the [fn]sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha [for help], saying “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant [reverently] feared the LORD; but the creditor is coming to take my two sons to be his slaves [in payment for a loan].”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have [of value] in the house?” She said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house except a [small] jar of [olive] oil.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:3 - Then he said, “Go, borrow containers from all your neighbors, empty containers—and not just a few.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:4 - “Then you shall go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out [the oil you have] into all these containers, and you shall set aside each one when it is full.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:5 - So she left him and shut the door behind her and her sons; they were bringing her the containers as she poured [the oil].

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:6 - When the containers were all full, she said to her son, “Bring me another container.” And he said to her, “There is not a one left.” Then the oil stopped [multiplying].

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:7 - Then she came and told the man of God. He said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”

The Shunammite Woman

(cf. 1Ki 17:17–24 )

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Now there came a day when Elisha went over to Shunem, where there was a prominent and influential woman, and she persuaded him to eat a meal. Afterward, whenever he passed by, he stopped there for a meal.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:9 - She said to her husband, “Behold, I sense that this is a holy man of God who frequently passes our way.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - “Please, let us make a small, fully-walled upper room [on the housetop] and put a bed there for him, with a table, a chair, and a lampstand. Then whenever he comes to visit us, he can turn in there.”

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One day he came there and turned in to the upper room and lay down to rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:12 - And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” So he called her and she stood before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:13 - Now he said to Gehazi, “Say to her now, ‘You have gone to all this trouble for us; what can I do for you? Would you like to be mentioned to the king or to the captain of the army?’” She answered, “I live among my own people [in peace and security and need no special favors].”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:14 - Later Elisha said, “What then is to be done for her?” Gehazi answered, “Well, she has no son and her husband is old.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:15 - He said, “Call her.” So Gehazi called her, and she [came and] stood in the doorway.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - Elisha said, “At this season next year, you will embrace a son.” She said, “No, my lord. O man of God, do not lie to your maidservant.”

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But the woman conceived and gave birth to a son at that season the next year, just as Elisha had said to her.

The Shunammite’s Son

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When the child was grown, the day came that he went out to his father, to the reapers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:19 - But he said to his father, “My head, my head.” The man said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20 - When he had carried and brought him to his mother, he sat on her lap until noon, and then he [fn]died.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:21 - She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door [of the small upper room] behind him and left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:22 - Then she called to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so that I may run to the man of God and return.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:23 - He said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither the New Moon nor the Sabbath.” And she said, “It will be all right.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - Then she saddled the donkey and said to her servant, “Drive [the animal] fast; do not slow down the pace for me unless I tell you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:25 - So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel.

When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:26 - “Please run now to meet her and ask her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child?’” And she answered, “It is well.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:27 - When she came to the mountain to the man of God, she took hold of his feet. Gehazi approached to push her away; but the man of God said, “Let her alone, for her soul is desperate and troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden the reason from me and has not told me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:28 - Then she said, “Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, ‘Do not give me false hope’?”

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Then he said to Gehazi, “[fn]Gird up your loins (prepare now!) and take my staff in your hand, and go [to the woman’s house]; if you meet any man [along the way], do not greet him and if a man greets you, do not [stop to] answer him; and lay my staff on the face of the boy [as soon as you reach the house].”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:30 - The mother of the child said, “As the LORD lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you.” So Elisha arose and followed her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31 - Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response [from the boy]. So he turned back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened (revived).”

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When Elisha came into the house, the child was dead and lying on his bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:33 - So he went in, shut the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:34 - Then he went up and lay on the child and put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself out on him and held him, the boy’s skin became warm.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:35 - Then he returned and walked in the house once back and forth, and went up [again] and stretched himself out on him; and the boy sneezed seven times and he opened his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:36 - Then Elisha called Gehazi and said, “Call this Shunammite.” So he called her. And when she came to him, he said, “Pick up your son.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:37 - She came and fell at his feet, bowing herself to the ground [in respect and gratitude]. Then she picked up her son and left.

The Poisonous Stew

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Elisha came back to Gilgal during a famine in the land. The sons of the prophets were sitting before him, and he said to his servant, “Put on the large pot and cook stew for the sons of the prophets.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:39 - Then one [of them] went into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine and gathered from it a lapful of wild gourds, and came and cut them up into the pot of stew, although they did not know what they were.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:40 - So they served it for the men to eat. But as they ate the stew, they cried out, “O man of God, there is death in the pot.” And they could not eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:41 - But he said, “Bring [fn]flour.” And he threw it into the pot and said, “Serve it for the people so that they may eat.” Then there was nothing harmful in the pot.
(cf. Mat 14:13–21; 15:32–39 )

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Now [at another time] a man from Baal-shalisha came and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley bread, and fresh ears of grain [in the husk] in his sack. And Elisha said, “Give it to the people [affected by the famine] so that they may eat.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:43 - His servant said, “How am I to set [only] this before a hundred [hungry] men?” He said, “Give it to the people so that they may eat, for thus says the LORD, ‘They shall eat and have some left.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:44 - So he set it before them, and they ate and left some, in accordance with the word of the LORD.
See the AMP Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
AMP Footnotes
I.e. a group or association of prophets.
Because her faith in God led her to expect a miracle from Elisha, the woman apparently kept the death secret from her husband and the entire household.
“Gird up your loins,” a phrase often found in the Bible, is an urgent call to get ready for immediate action, or it may be a call to prepare for a coming action or event. The phrase is related to the type of clothing worn in ancient times. To keep from impeding the wearer during any vigorous activity, e.g. battle, exercise, strenuous work, etc., the loose ends of garments (tunics, cloaks, mantles, etc.) had to be gathered up and tucked into the girdle. The girdle was a band about six inches wide that had fasteners in front. It was worn around the loins (the midsection of the body between the lower ribs and the hips) and was normally made of leather. Expensive or embroidered girdles were also worn and were made of cotton, flax or silk. The girdle also served as a kind of pocket or pouch and was used to carry personal items such as a dagger, money or other necessary things.
The flour itself had no power except as a symbol of God’s miraculous healing.
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