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2 Kings 4:1

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Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared Yahweh. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves.”

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2 Kings 4:1 in other translations

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 Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.

2 Kings 4:1 · American Standard Version

2 Kings 4:1 in context

  1. 1Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, “Your servant my husband is dead. You know that your servant feared Yahweh. Now the creditor has come to take for himself my two children to be slaves.”
  2. 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.”
  3. 3Then he said, “Go, borrow empty containers from all your neighbors. Don’t borrow just a few containers.