Verse 1
2 Kings 4:1
American Standard Version
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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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אִשָּׁ֣ה אַחַ֣ת מִ/נְּשֵׁ֣י בְנֵֽי הַ֠/נְּבִיאִים צָעֲקָ֨ה אֶל אֱלִישָׁ֜ע לֵ/אמֹ֗ר עַבְדְּ/ךָ֤ אִישִׁ/י֙ מֵ֔ת וְ/אַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֔עְתָּ כִּ֣י עַבְדְּ/ךָ֔ הָיָ֥ה יָרֵ֖א אֶת יְהוָ֑ה וְ/הַ֨/נֹּשֶׁ֔ה בָּ֗א לָ/קַ֜חַת אֶת שְׁנֵ֧י יְלָדַ֛/י ל֖/וֹ לַ/עֲבָדִֽים
English Translation
And one woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying, "Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord, and the creditor has come to take my two children as slaves."
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Chapter 4 Context
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Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy se...
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And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me; what hast thou in the house? And she sa...
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Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a...
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And thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those ves...
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So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons; they brought [the vessels] to he...
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And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel....
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Then she came and told the man of God (Elohim). And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and...
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And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him...
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And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God (Elohim), that...
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Let us make, I pray thee, a little chamber on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a ta...
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And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber and lay there.
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And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood befor...
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And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; wh...
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And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no son, and her h...
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And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
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And he said, At this season, when the time cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay...
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And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said...
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And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
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And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
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And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then di...
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And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God (Elohim), and shut [the door] upon him, an...
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And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the servants, and one of the...
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And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to-day? it is neither new moon nor sabbath. And she said,...
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Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slacken me not the riding,...
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So she went, and came unto the man of God (Elohim) to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when th...
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run, I pray thee, now to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husba...
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And when she came to the man of God (Elohim) to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi ca...
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Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
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Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way: if thou me...
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And the mother of the child said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee....
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And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neith...
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And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
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He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto Jehovah.
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And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes...
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Then he returned, and walked in the house once to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon h...
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And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unt...
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Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, an...
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And Elisha came again to Gilgal. And there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets we...
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And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild go...
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So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that...
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But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, tha...
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And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God (Elohim) bread of the first-fru...
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And his servant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? But he said, Give the people, th...
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So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of Jehovah.
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