2 Kings 4:1

Elisha Helps a Widow and Her Sons

4:1 Now a wife of one of the prophets ¹  appealed ²  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 4:35

4:35 Elisha ⁴  went back and walked around in the house. ⁵  Then he got up on the bed again ⁶  and bent down over him. The child sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.

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

[4:1]  ² tn Or “cried out.”

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

[4:35]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:35]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he returned and went into the house, once here and once there.”

[4:35]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he went up.”