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 9:25

Context
9:25 Jehu ordered⁴ his officer Bidkar, “Pick him up and throw him into the part of the field that once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. Remember, you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, when the Lord pronounced this judgment on him,

[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.

[9:25] ⁴tn Heb “said to.”