Verse 5

2 Kings 4:5

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5 So she went away, and when the door was shut on her and her sons, they took the vessels to her and she put oil into them.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/תֵּ֨לֶךְ֙ מֵֽ/אִתּ֔/וֹ וַ/תִּסְגֹּ֣ר הַ/דֶּ֔לֶת בַּעֲדָ֖/הּ וּ/בְעַ֣ד בָּנֶ֑י/הָ הֵ֛ם מַגִּשִׁ֥ים אֵלֶ֖י/הָ וְ/הִ֥יא מיצקת מוֹצָֽקֶת

English Translation

And she went out with him and shut the door behind her, and her sons were bringing to her, and she was pouring out.

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Chapter 4 Context

1 Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Yo... Focus ↗

2 Then Elisha said to her, What am I to do for you? say now, what have you in the house? And she said,... Focus ↗

3 Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them. Focus ↗

4 Then go in, and, shutting the door on yourself and your sons, put oil into all these vessels, puttin... Focus ↗

5 So she went away, and when the door was shut on her and her sons, they took the vessels to her and s...

6 And when all the vessels were full, she said to her son, Get me another vessel. And he said, There a... Focus ↗

7 So she came to the man of God (Elohim) and gave him word of what she had done. And he said, Go and g... Focus ↗

8 Now there came a day when Elisha went to Shunem, and there was a woman of high position living there... Focus ↗

9 And she said to her husband, Now I see that this is a holy man of God (Elohim), who comes by day aft... Focus ↗

10 So let us make a little room on the wall; and put a bed there for him, and a table and a seat and a... Focus ↗

11 Now one day, when he had gone there, he went into the little room and took his rest there. Focus ↗

12 And he said to Gehazi, his servant, Send for this Shunammite. So in answer to his voice she came bef... Focus ↗

13 And he said to him, Now say to her, See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done... Focus ↗

14 So he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi made answer, Still there is this, she has no... Focus ↗

15 Then he said, Send for her. And in answer to his voice she took her place at the door. Focus ↗

16 And Elisha said, At this time in the coming year you will have a son in your arms. And she said, No,... Focus ↗

17 Then the woman became with child and gave birth to a son at the time named, in the year after, as El... Focus ↗

18 Now one day, when the child was older, he went out to his father to where the grain was being cut. Focus ↗

19 And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mo... Focus ↗

20 And he took him in to his mother, and she took him on her knees and kept him there till the middle o... Focus ↗

21 Then she went up and put him on the bed of the man of God (Elohim), shutting the door on him, and we... Focus ↗

22 And she said to her husband, Send me one of the servants and one of the asses so that I may go quick... Focus ↗

23 And he said, Why are you going to him today? it is not a new moon or a Sabbath. But she said, It is... Focus ↗

24 Then she made the ass ready and said to her servant, Keep driving on; do not make a stop without ord... Focus ↗

25 So she went, and came to Mount Carmel, to the man of God (Elohim). And when the man of God (Elohim)... Focus ↗

26 Go quickly to her, and on meeting her say to her, Are you well? and your husband and the child, are... Focus ↗

27 And when she came to where the man of God (Elohim) was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet... Focus ↗

28 Then she said, Did I make a request to my lord for a son? did I not say, Do not give me false words? Focus ↗

29 Then he said to Gehazi, Make yourself ready, and take my stick in your hand, and go: if you come acr... Focus ↗

30 But the mother of the child said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not go ba... Focus ↗

31 And Gehazi went on before them and put the stick on the child's face; but there was no voice, and no... Focus ↗

32 And when Elisha came into the house he saw the child dead, stretched on his bed. Focus ↗

33 So he went in, and shutting the door on the two of them, made prayer to the Lord. Focus ↗

34 Then he got up on the bed, stretching himself out on the child, and put his mouth on the child's mou... Focus ↗

35 Then he came back, and after walking once through the house and back, he went up, stretching himself... Focus ↗

36 And he gave orders to Gehazi, and said, Send for the Shunammite. And she came in answer to his voice... Focus ↗

37 And she came in, and went down on her face to the earth at his feet; then she took her son in her ar... Focus ↗

38 And Elisha went back to Gilgal, now there was very little food in the land; and the sons of the prop... Focus ↗

39 And one went out into the field to get green plants and saw a vine of the field, and pulling off the... Focus ↗

40 Then they gave the men soup from the pot. And while they were drinking the soup, they gave a cry, an... Focus ↗

41 But he said, Get some meal. And he put it into the pot, and said, Now give it to the people so that... Focus ↗

42 Now a man came from Baal-shalishah with an offering of first-fruits for the man of God (Elohim), twe... Focus ↗

43 But his servant said, How am I to put this before a hundred men? But he said, Give it to the people... Focus ↗

44 So he put it before them, and they had a meal and there was more than enough, as the Lord had said. Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 4 (44 verses)
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