The Meaning of 2 Kings 4:44 Explained

2 Kings 4:44

KJV: So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.

YLT: and he giveth before them, and they eat and leave, according to the word of Jehovah.

Darby: And he set it before them, and they ate and left thereof, according to the word of Jehovah.

ASV: So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of Jehovah.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 2 Kings 4:44?

MEANING: What does 2 Kings 4:44 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in 2 Kings 4:44 mean?

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What is the context of 2 Kings 4:44?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

So he set [it] before them, and they did eat, and left [thereof], according to the word of the LORD.

What does 2 Kings 4:44 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Kings 4:38-44 - "who Giveth Food To All Flesh"

This miracle, it has been justly remarked, is a faint foreshadowing of our Lord's marvelous feeding of thousands with even scantier materials. As Elijah was a type of John the Baptist; so Elisha was, in many respects, a type of our Lord. In his peaceful, human life, his mild and gentle character, his constant circuits, his many miracles of mercy, he resembles, more than any other prophet, the Messiah.

We have also, in this miracle, the great province of the Gospel to counteract the ancient curse of a forfeited Paradise and meet the hunger of the soul. The grace of God will turn an evil into a blessing and multiply a little to feed a multitude. See Mark 16:18; Psalms 132:15. Can there be any doubt that to faith and prayer resources are open which are closed to all else? If nature contained all we need, ready to our hand, of what use would prayer be? The very injunctions to prayer and the success of those who have prayed, prove that God has forces available, which can operate in behalf of those who love Him and are the called according to His purpose. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Kings 4

¹ Elisha multiplies the widow's oil
⁸ He obtains a son for the good Shunammite
¹⁸ He restores her son when dead
³⁸ At Gilgal he heals the deadly pottage
⁴² He satisfies a hundred men with twenty loaves

What do the individual words in 2 Kings 4:44 mean?

So he set [it] before them and they ate and had [some] left over according to the word of Yahweh -

וַיִּתֵּ֧ן לִפְנֵיהֶ֛ם וַיֹּאכְל֥וּ וַיּוֹתִ֖רוּ כִּדְבַ֥ר יְהוָֽה פ

וַיִּתֵּ֧ן	So he set [it]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָתַן Sense: to give, put, set.
לִפְנֵיהֶ֛ם	before them
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural Root: לִפְנֵי Sense: face.
וַיֹּאכְל֥וּ	and they ate
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: אָכַל Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
וַיּוֹתִ֖רוּ	and had [some] left over
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: יָתַר Sense: to be left over, remain, remain over, leave.
כִּדְבַ֥ר	according to the word
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: דָּבָר Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
יְהוָֽה	of Yahweh
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
פ	-
Parse: Punctuation

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