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Verse 2 Kings 4:6. _AND THE OIL STAYED._] While there was a vessel to
fill, there was oil sufficient; and it only ceased to flow when there
was no vessel to receive it. This is a good emblem of the g...
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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
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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...
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_she said unto her son_ Here the LXX., apparently only because -sons"
had been mentioned before, has here also -sons" and later on in the
verse -and they said". The Hebrew is far more natural. Both so...
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DISCOURSE: 362
THE WIDOW’S OIL INCREASED
2 Kings 4:6. _And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that
she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her,
There is not a vessel...
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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...
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_AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE VESSELS WERE FULL, THAT SHE SAID UNTO
HER SON, BRING ME YET A VESSEL. AND HE SAID UNTO HER, THERE IS NOT A
VESSEL MORE. AND THE OIL STAYED._
The oil stayed - i:e., ceas...
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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...
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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 *...
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HER SON. — Probably the eldest. The LXX. has plural here and in the
verb that follows.
STAYED. — Heb., _stood_ — _i.e._, halted, stopped. (Comp. Luke
8:44, ἡ ῥύσις ἔστη.) Bähr makes the word mean...
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וַ יְהִ֣י ׀ כִּ מְלֹ֣את הַ כֵּלִ֗ים וַ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto
her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, [There is] not a
vessel more. And the oil (f) stayed.
(f) Or ceased to increa...
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_Stood. The grace of God ceases to flow, when the soul is full of
vanity. (St. Bernard) --- Charity does not increase, when it bestows
nothing. (St. Augustine, ser. 206. de Temp.)_...
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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...
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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...
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_SUPPLY PROPORTIONED TO FAITH_
‘And the oil stayed.’
2 Kings 4:6
What a sorrowful confession! There was no reason why it should stay.
There was as much oil as ever, and the power which had made so...
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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...
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AND IT CAME TO PASS WHEN THE VESSELS WERE FULL,.... For the oil being
miraculously increased as it was poured forth, there was enough to
fill all the vessels; Ben Gersom and Abarbinel say, that when t...
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And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto
her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, [There is] not a
vessel more. And the oil stayed.
Ver. 6. _There is not a ves...
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_Thou shalt shut the door upon thee, and upon thy sons_ That none
might come in to disturb or interrupt her in what site was doing; that
she and her sons might not seem proudly to boast of this miracu...
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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...
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And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, namely, those she had
on hand, THAT SHE SAID UNTO HER SON, BRING ME YET A VESSEL. AND HE
SAID UNTO HER, THERE IS NOT A VESSEL MORE. AND THE OIL STAYED,...
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The Widow's Oil Multiplied....
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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...
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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...
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2 Kings 4:6 vessels H3627 full H4390 (H8800) said H559 (H8799) son
H1121 Bring H5066 (H8685) vessel...
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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...
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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...
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2 Kings 4:6
I. We see here how exactly the oil matches the capacity and number of
the vessels provided. According to the provision made, so was the
miraculous gift. This shows us the law of God's deal...
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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...
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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...
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_And it came to pass when the vessels were full._
GOD’S WAY OF GIVING
This incident is rich in suggestiveness. It may be employed to
illustrate the rapid changes of human fortune; the crushing weight...
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_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...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 4:1 Several more miracles by Elisha remind
the reader of the miracles performed by his predecessor, Elijah.
⇐...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 17:14; 2 Chronicles 6:12; 2 Chronicles 6:13; 2 Kings 13:19;...