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In 2 Kings 4, God performed five miracles through Elisha. In the Bible, the number five is associated with God’s grace. These five miracles foreshadowed several types of grace that Jesus offers to everyone. These include: (1) freedom, (2) new life and sometimes fertility, (3) hope, (4) compassion and love, (5) eternal life, (6) restoration ...
Mar 7, 2024 · 2 Kings 4 is primarily about the prophet Elisha helping two women. The first woman was a widow with two sons. Her husband died and the creditors were after her. Elisha helped her by miraculously refilling a jar of oil in her house. She was able to sell the oil and pay back her debts. The second woman is commonly called the Shunammite woman.
The Widow’s Oil. 2 Kings 4 demonstrates the compassionate and miraculous power of God working through Elisha. It challenges us to live a life of faith and to always trust God's providence, especially during adversities. When we extend love and hospitality, God will reward us in ways beyond our comprehension. Let's emulate the Shunammite woman ...
1. (2 Kings 4:38-41) The purification of the stew. And Elisha returned to Gilgal, and there was a famine in the land. Now the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, “Put on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”. So one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine ...
2 Kings 4. New International Version. Update. The Widow’s Olive Oil. 4 The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the Lord. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.”. 2 Elisha replied to her, “How can I help you? Tell me ...
INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 4. This chapter treats of the miracles of Elisha, of his multiplying a poor widow's pot of oil for the payment of her husband's debts, 2Ki 4:1-7 of obtaining a son for a Shunamitish woman, who had been very hospitable to him, 2Ki 4:8-17, of his raising up her son to life when dead, 2Ki 4:18-37, of his curing the deadly pottage made of wild gourds, 2Ki 4:38-41, and of ...
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2 Kings 4:1-7. The seed of the righteous never forsaken by God. The whole ground of appeal on which the poor widow relies, and which proves so entirely adequate, is the fidelity to God of her deceased husband. "Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord" (2 Kings 4:1).
