2 Kings 4:1-7

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A Widow Asks Elisha for Help

4 The wife of a man from the ·groups [company; brotherhood; ^Lsons] of prophets said to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead. You know he ·honored [revered; feared] the Lord. But now ·the man he owes money to [a creditor] is coming to take my two boys as his slaves!”

² Elisha answered, “How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?”

The woman said, “I don’t have anything there except a ·pot [jar; flask] of oil.”

³ Then Elisha said, “Go and get empty jars from all your neighbors. Don’t ask for just a few. ⁴ Then go into your house and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and set the full ones aside.”

⁵ So she left Elisha and shut the door behind her and her sons. As they brought the jars to her, she poured out the oil. ⁶ When the jars were all full, she said to her son, “Bring me another jar.”

But he said, “There are no more jars.” Then the oil stopped flowing.

⁷ She went and told Elisha. And the prophet said to her, “Go, sell the oil and pay ·what you owe [your debts]. You and your sons can live on what is left.”