2 Kings 4:1-10

2 Kings 4:1-10

[1] Now there cried  a certain  woman  of the sons  of the prophets  unto Elisha,  saying,  Thy servant  my husband  is dead;  and thou knowest  that thy servant  the LORD:  and the creditor  is come  to take  unto him my two  sons  to be bondmen.  [2] And Elisha  said  unto her, What shall I do  for thee? tell  me, what hast  thou in the house?  And she said,  Thine handmaid  hath not any thing in the house,  save a pot  of oil.  [3] Then he said,  borrow  thee vessels  abroad  of all thy neighbours,  even empty  vessels;  borrow not a few.  [4] And when thou art come in,  thou shalt shut  the door  upon thee and upon thy sons,  and shalt pour out  into all those vessels,  and thou shalt set aside  that which is full.  [5] from him, and shut  the door  upon her and upon  her sons,  who  brought  the vessels to her; and she poured out.  [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  more. And the oil  stayed.  [7] Then she came  and told  the man  of God.  And he said,  sell  the oil,  and pay  thy debt,  and live  thou and thy children  of the rest.  [8] And it fell on a day,  that Elisha  passed  to Shunem,  where was a great  woman;  and she constrained  him to eat  bread.  And so it was, that as oft  as he passed by,  he turned  in thither to eat  bread.  [9] And she said  unto her husband,  Behold now, I perceive  that this is an holy  man  of God,  which passeth  by us continually.  [10] Let us make  a little  chamber,  I pray thee, on the wall;  and let us set  for him there a bed,  and a table,  and a stool,  and a candlestick:  and it shall be, when he cometh  to us, that he shall turn  in thither.