And there came a man from Baal-shallsha, a district somewhat to the west of Gilgal, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, for these, by Law, belonged to the servants of Jehovah, twenty loaves of barley and full ears of corn in the husk thereof, roasted ears of grain, which he carried in a sack. And he, Elisha, said, Give unto the people that they may eat.
Verse 2 Kings 4:42. _BREAD OF THE FIRST-FRUITS_] This was an offering to the prophet, as the first-fruits themselves were an offering to God. _CORN IN THE HUSK_] Probably parched corn or corn to be p...
BAAL-SHALISHA - Fifteen Roman miles north of Lydda, in the Sharon plain to the west of the highlands of Ephraim. It was, apparently, the chief city of the “land of Shalisha” (marginal reference). BREA...
3. THE MIRACLES CHAPTER 4 _ 1. The widow's oil multiplied (2 Kings 4:1)_ 2. The Shunammite and her reward (2 Kings 4:8) 3. The son of the Shunammite raised from the dead (2 Kings 4:18) 4. The dea
TWO MINOR MIRACLES OF ELISHA. The death (poison) in the pot healed and the feeding of a hundred prophets. The bread of the firstfruits (2 Kings 4:42) was by the Law the property of the priests (Number...
AND FULL EARS OF CORN IN THE HUSK THEREOF— _And also new corn in his scrip or bag._ Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.—Elisha's happy employment was in the prophetic schools, to instruct and encourage by his ad...
B. MULTIPLICATION OF THE LOAVES 4:42-44 TRANSLATION (42) And a man came from Baal-shalisha, and he brought to the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley and grain in his sack. A...
_AND THERE CAME A MAN FROM BAALSHALISHA, AND BROUGHT THE MAN OF GOD BREAD OF THE FIRSTFRUITS, TWENTY LOAVES OF BARLEY, AND FULL EARS OF CORN IN THE HUSK THEREOF. AND HE SAID, GIVE UNTO THE PEOPLE, THA...
VARIOUS MIRACLES OF ELISHA The miracles related of Elisha in this and the following Chapter s resemble many of those previously recounted of Elijah. Thus both prophets multiplied the sustenance of a w...
BAAL-SHALISHA] Perhaps the same as the 'land of Shalisha' (1 Samuel 9:4) in the hill-country of Ephraim. THE FIRSTFRUITS] Elisha probably dwelt at a sanctuary (perhaps Gilgal) where firstfruits were r...
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 4 ELISHA PROVIDES OIL FOR A WIDOW V1 A man’s widow went to speak to Elisha. The man had been a member of a group of *...
(38-44) Elisha among the sons of the prophets at Gilgal during the famine....
BAAL-SHALISHA. — Probably the same as Bethshalisha, mentioned by Jerome and Eusebius, fifteen Roman miles north of Lydda-Diospolis, and not far west of Gilgal and Bethel. (Comp. “the land of Shalisha,...
וְ אִ֨ישׁ בָּ֜א מִ בַּ֣עַל שָׁלִ֗שָׁה וַ יָּב
ELISHA'S MIRACLES 2 Kings 4:1 WE are now in the full tide of Elisha's miracles, and as regards many of them we can do little more than illustrate the text as it stands. The record of them clearly co...
“WHO GIVETH FOOD TO ALL FLESH” 2 Kings 4:38 This miracle, it has been justly remarked, is a faint foreshadowing of our Lord's marvelous feeding of thousands with even scantier materials. As Elijah wa...
The ministry of Elisha stands in many respects in vivid contrast with that of Elijah. There is a gentleness about it which inevitably reminds us of that of the Messiah Himself in His day. Instead of s...
_Baalsalisa, 15 miles south of Diospolis, and to the north of Jerusalem. (Calmet) --- His scrip. Hebrew bctsiklono. Protestants, "in the husk thereof." Carmel, means a greenish ear of corn, (Haydock)...
I cannot help remarking again, if peradventure I have mentioned it before, that among the precious things of the sacred scriptures of the Old Testament, those are not the least, which represent the Ho...
However, the next chapter (2 Kings 3:1-27) brings us at once into earthly circumstances. "Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of J...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3 AND 4. In the following chapter we enter into the historical part of Elisha's ministry. Jehoram goes to war; and, although less wicked than his father, the...
AND THERE CAME A MAN FROM BAALSHALISHA,.... Of which place 1 Samuel 9:4, the Targum is, from the south country: AND BROUGHT THE MAN OF GOD BREAD OF THE FIRSTFRUITS, TWENTY LOAVES OF BARLEY; so that...
And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that...
_A man brought bread of the first fruits_, &c. This was a seasonable present, it being a time of dearth, when bread was very scarce. The _first-fruits_ were due to the priests, but these, and probably...
1 Elisha multiplieth the widowes oyle. 8 Hee giueth a sonne to the good Shunammite. 18 Hee raiseth againe her dead sonne. 38 At Gilgal hee healeth the deadly pottage. 42 Hee satisfieth an hundred...
THE WIDOW'S OIL (vv.1-7) The history of the Kings is again interrupted to make way for the ministry of Elisha. The bad example of the kings had brought about poverty in the land, and God provided g...
IN THE HUSK: Or, in his scrip, or garment...
38-44 There was a famine of bread, but not of hearing the word of God, for Elisha had the sons of the prophets sitting before him, to hear his wisdom. Elisha made hurtful food to become safe and whol...
BREAD OF THE FIRST-FRUITS, which were the priest's due, NUMBERS 18:12; but these, and probably the rest of the priest's dues, were usually brought by the pious Israelites, according to their ability a...
2 Kings 4:42 man H376 came H935 (H8802) Shalisha H1190 brought H935 (H8686) man H376 God H430 bread...
ELISHA FEEDS A ‘MULTITUDE' WITH A RELATIVELY FEW LOAVES OF BREAD (2 KINGS 4:42). While the likeness to the account of the feeding of many thousands by Jesus with five loaves and two fish is limited to...
CONTENTS: Increase of the widow's oil. Woman of Shunom and her son restored to life. Noxious pottage healed. A hundred men fed. CHARACTERS: God, Elisha, widow, Shunanmite woman, Gehazi, sons of proph...
2 Kings 4:1. _My two sons to be bondmen._ The law of Moses, as well as the laws of all gentile nations, allowed of this for six years. Exodus 21:7. Josephus, after others says, that she was the widow...
_And there came a man from Baal-shalisha._ THE FARMER’S GIFT I. A lesson on providence. This dearth came in consequence of sin. The proud and wicked people would never yield, except they were obliged...
_And Elisha came again to Gilgal, and there was a dearth in the land._ MINISTRIES TO MAN, GOOD AND BAD Elisha had returned to Gilgal, the seat of a school of the prophets; he had come thither once m...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 4:1 Several more miracles by Elisha remind the reader of the miracles performed by his predecessor, Elijah. ⇐...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 4:42 BREAD OF THE FIRSTFRUITS. The second miracle of the chapter also concerns provision for people who depend on Elisha. A limited amount of food is multiplied (compare vv....
_HOMILETICS OF 2 Kings 4:42_ THE SUPERABUNDANT GOODNESS OF GOD I. PROVIDES FOR THE DAILY WANTS OF MAN. “Give unto the people that they may eat” (2 Kings 4:42). How enormous are the thought and toil i...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 4:1 TYPICAL MIRACLES WROUGHT BY ELISHA. General _introduction_._ _The miracles of this chapter are all of them miracles of mercy. The first and last consist in the multiplying of f...
Now there was a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets who came to Elisha, saying, My husband is dead; and his creditors is come to take my two boys as slaves to pay for his debt. And...
1 Corinthians 9:11; 1 Samuel 9:4; 1 Samuel 9:7; 2 Chronicles 11:13;...
First fruits — Which were the priests due, Numbers 18:12, but these, and probably the rest of the priests dues, were usually brought by the pious Israelites, according to their ability and opportunity...