Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
2 Kings 4:2
Elisha said, What shall I do for thee? How shall I relieve thee, who am myself poor? Tell me, what hast thou in the house? Toward the discharge of thy husband's debts.
Elisha said, What shall I do for thee? How shall I relieve thee, who am myself poor? Tell me, what hast thou in the house? Toward the discharge of thy husband's debts.
Verse 2 Kings 4:2. _SAVE A POT OF OIL._] Oil was used as _aliment_, for anointing the _body_ after bathing, and to anoint the _dead_. Some think that this pot of oil was what this widow had kept for h...
A POT OF OIL - Or, “an anointing of oil” - so much oil, i. e., as would serve me for one anointing of my person. The word used occurs only in this passage....
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...
_save a pot of oil_ The word rendered -pot" is from a root meaning -to anoint" and the LXX. has here -save the oil with which I shall anoint myself". The word may be noticed because it indicates the p...
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 ELISHA SAID UNTO HER, WHAT SHALL I DO FOR THEE? TELL ME, WHAT HAST THOU IN THE HOUSE? AND SHE SAID, THINE HANDMAID HATH NOT ANY THING IN THE HOUSE, SAVE A POT OF OIL._ A POT - or cruet of oil. Th...
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 *...
WHAT HAST THOU? — The form of the pronoun here, and in 2 Kings 4:3; 2 Kings 4:7; 2 Kings 4:16; 2 Kings 4:23 _infra_, is peculiar, and points, as the pr
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלֶ֤יהָ אֱלִישָׁע֙ מָ֣ה אֶֽעֱשֶׂה...
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 Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a (d) pot of oil. (d) Thus God permits his...
Anoint me, for delicacy or health, Matthew vi. 17. (Menochius) --- To abstain from this unction, in the East, was a great mortification, 2 Kings xiv. 2., and Deuteronomy xxviii. 40. Sanctius supposes,...
So may all the faithful servants: of the Lord say, by way of leading the minds of the needy to Jesus; - What shall I do for thee? But Jesus can do all....
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 ELISHA SAID UNTO HER, WHAT SHALL I DO FOR THEE?.... Or can I do, being poor himself, and unable to relieve her out of his substance, and not knowing where to get anything for her; and so what coul...
And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. Ver. 2. _What shall I do for...
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 Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? He asked her first to suggest some way of helping her. TELL ME, WHAT HAST THOU IN THE HOUSE? AND SHE SAID, THINE HANDMAID HATH NOT ANYTHING IN THE H...
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...
WHAT SHALL I DO FOR THEE? how shall I relieve thee, who am myself poor? WHAT HAST THOU IN THE HOUSE, which may contribute to the payment of thy debts, or, at least, to the satisfaction of thy creditor...
2 Kings 4:2 Elisha H477 said H559 (H8799) do H6213 (H8799) Tell H5046 (H8685) have H3426 house...
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...
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...
_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 17:12; 2 Corinthians 6:10; 2 Kings 2:9; 2 Kings 6:26; 2
What shall I — How shall I relieve thee, who am myself poor?...