Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Kings 4:6
Unto her son; to one of them, for she had two, 2 Kings 4:1. The oil stayed, to teach us, that we should not waste any of God's good creatures, and that God would not work miracles unnecessarily.
Unto her son; to one of them, for she had two, 2 Kings 4:1. The oil stayed, to teach us, that we should not waste any of God's good creatures, and that God would not work miracles unnecessarily.
Verse 2 Kings 4:6. _AND THE OIL STAYED._] While there was a vessel to fill, there was oil sufficient; and it only ceased to flow when there was no vessel to receive it. This is a good emblem of the g...
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
2 KINGS 4:1 TO 2 KINGS 6:23. STORIES ABOUT ELISHA AS A WONDER-WORKER. The miracles of Elisha fill a considerable part of the early Chapter s of 2 K. They are mostly beneficent in character, and this p...
_she said unto her son_ Here the LXX., apparently only because -sons" had been mentioned before, has here also -sons" and later on in the verse -and they said". The Hebrew is far more natural. Both so...
DISCOURSE: 362 THE WIDOW’S OIL INCREASED 2 Kings 4:6. _And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel...
I. MIRACLES ON BEHALF OF TWO FAITHFUL WOMEN 4:1-37 Elisha performed three miracles for two faithful female disciples. For a destitute widow he performed a miracle of multiplication of oil so that she...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE VESSELS WERE FULL, THAT SHE SAID UNTO HER SON, BRING ME YET A VESSEL. AND HE SAID UNTO HER, THERE IS NOT A VESSEL MORE. AND THE OIL STAYED._ The oil stayed - i:e., ceas...
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...
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 *...
HER SON. — Probably the eldest. The LXX. has plural here and in the verb that follows. STAYED. — Heb., _stood_ — _i.e._, halted, stopped. (Comp. Luke 8:44, ἡ ῥύσις ἔστη.) Bähr makes the word mean...
וַ יְהִ֣י ׀ כִּ מְלֹ֣את הַ כֵּלִ֗ים וַ
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...
EVERY VESSEL FILLED 2 Kings 4:1 Elisha's ministry was not startling. It was redemptive and constructive. Widows came to him for help against their creditors; mothers appealed on behalf of their child...
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...
And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, [There is] not a vessel more. And the oil (f) stayed. (f) Or ceased to increa...
_Stood. The grace of God ceases to flow, when the soul is full of vanity. (St. Bernard) --- Charity does not increase, when it bestows nothing. (St. Augustine, ser. 206. de Temp.)_...
Do I not see in this representation how all the vessels of our poor nature may be unceasingly filled from the inexhaustible fullness of Jesus, the fullness of him that filleth all in all. Borrow as we...
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...
_SUPPLY PROPORTIONED TO FAITH_ ‘And the oil stayed.’ 2 Kings 4:6 What a sorrowful confession! There was no reason why it should stay. There was as much oil as ever, and the power which had made so...
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 IT CAME TO PASS WHEN THE VESSELS WERE FULL,.... For the oil being miraculously increased as it was poured forth, there was enough to fill all the vessels; Ben Gersom and Abarbinel say, that when t...
And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, [There is] not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. Ver. 6. _There is not a ves...
_Thou shalt shut the door upon thee, and upon thy sons_ That none might come in to disturb or interrupt her in what site was doing; that she and her sons might not seem proudly to boast of this miracu...
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...
And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, namely, those she had on hand, THAT SHE SAID UNTO HER SON, BRING ME YET A VESSEL. AND HE SAID UNTO HER, THERE IS NOT A VESSEL MORE. AND THE OIL STAYED,...
The Widow's Oil Multiplied....
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...
1-7 Elisha's miracles were acts of real charity: Christ's were so; not only great wonders, but great favours to those for whom they were wrought. God magnifies his goodness with his power. Elisha rea...
2 Kings 4:6 vessels H3627 full H4390 (H8800) said H559 (H8799) son H1121 Bring H5066 (H8685) vessel...
SECTION 8. THE WONDER-WORKING MINISTRY OF ELISHA (2 KINGS 4:1 TO 2 KINGS 8:15) It will be noted that from this point on, until 2 Kings 8:15, no king of Israel is mentioned by name, even though, for ex...
YHWH PROVIDES FOR A POOR WOMAN AND HER TWO SONS WHO SEEK ELISHA'S HELP THROUGH THE MIRACLE OF MULTIPLYING THE OIL IN A VESSEL (2 KINGS 4:1). It will be seen that this miracle, and the one of raising t...
2 Kings 4:6 I. We see here how exactly the oil matches the capacity and number of the vessels provided. According to the provision made, so was the miraculous gift. This shows us the law of God's deal...
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 it came to pass when the vessels were full._ GOD’S WAY OF GIVING This incident is rich in suggestiveness. It may be employed to illustrate the rapid changes of human fortune; the crushing weight...
_Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets._ THE WIDOW’S POT OF OIL If we are to believe the voice of tradition as expressed by Josephus, the subject of this touching s...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 4:1 Several more miracles by Elisha remind the reader of the miracles performed by his predecessor, Elijah. ⇐...
THE MIRACLES OF ELISHA CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 4:1. TWO SONS TO BE BONDMEN—The law entitled a creditor to the slavery or service of debtors till the year of Jubilee. 2 Kings 4:2. PO...
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 Kings 17:14; 2 Chronicles 6:12; 2 Chronicles 6:13; 2 Kings 13:19;...