2 Kings 4:1

Context

Elisha Helps a Widow and Her Sons

4:1 Now a wife of one of the prophets¹ appealed² to Elisha for help, saying, “Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord.³ Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.”

2 Kings 4:7

Context
4:7 She went and told the prophet.⁴ He said, “Go, sell the olive oil. Repay your creditor, and then you and your sons can live off the rest of the profit.”

[4:1] ¹tn Heb “a wife from among the wives of the sons of the prophets.”

[4:1] ²tn Or “cried out.”

[4:1] ³tn Heb “your servant feared the Lord.” “Fear” refers here to obedience and allegiance, the products of healthy respect for the Lord’s authority.

[4:7] ⁴tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 16, 22, 25, 27 [twice]).