Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
2 Kings 4:3
Abroad. — Literally, from the outside (of the house); out of doors.
Borrow not a few. — See margin. Do not scant, or stint, namely, to borrow.
Abroad. — Literally, from the outside (of the house); out of doors.
Borrow not a few. — See margin. Do not scant, or stint, namely, to borrow.
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...
BORROW NOT. FEW. scant not....
_borrow thee vessels_ Another sign of indigence. But the command to borrow many gave promise of the coming help....
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...
_THEN HE SAID, GO, BORROW THEE VESSELS ABROAD OF ALL THY NEIGHBOURS, EVEN EMPTY VESSELS; BORROW NOT A FEW._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
4:3 be (d-19) Lit. 'make it not ...'...
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 *...
וַ יֹּ֗אמֶר לְכִ֨י שַׁאֲלִי ־לָ֤ךְ כֵּלִים֙ מ
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...
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...
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...
THEN HE SAID, GO, BORROW THEE VESSELS ABROAD OF ALL THY NEIGHBOURS,.... For he perceived that she had none: EVEN EMPTY VESSELS; which they might more readily lend her: BORROW NOT A FEW; but as many...
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, [even] empty vessels; borrow not a few. Ver. 3. _Even empty vessels._] They must be empty hearts, saith Bernard; empty of self, and...
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...
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. She was not to be bashful about asking her neighbors....
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...
BORROW NOT: Or, scant not...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Kings 4:3 said H559 (H8799) Go H3212 (H8798) borrow H7592 (H8798) vessels H3627 everywhere H2351 empty...
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...
_Empty vessels: borrow not a few._ THE FILLING OF EMPTY VESSELS The best of men may die in poverty. Here is the widow of a prophet left in destitution. We must not hastily censure those who leave the...
_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...
2 Kings 13:18; 2 Kings 13:19; 2 Kings 3:16; John 16:24; John 2:7;...