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2 Kings 4 :: Darby Translation (DBY)

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The Widow's Oil

(cf. 1Ki 17:14–16 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:1 - And a woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha saying, Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant feared Jehovah; and the creditor is come to take my two children to be bondmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for thee? Tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thy handmaid has not anything at all in the house but a pot of oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:3 - And he said, Go, borrow for thyself vessels abroad from all thy neighbours, empty vessels; let it not be few;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:4 - and go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels, and set aside what is full.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:5 - And she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons: they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:6 - And it came to pass when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said to her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:7 - And she came and told the man of God; and he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons on the rest.

The Shunammite Woman

(cf. 1Ki 17:17–24 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:8 - And it came to pass on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a wealthy 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:9 - And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God, who passes by us continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:10 - Let us make, I pray thee, a small upper chamber with walls, and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a lampstand; and it shall be when he cometh to us, he shall turn in thither.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:11 - And it came to pass on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the upper chamber, and lay there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:12 - And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And he called her, and she stood before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:13 - And he said to him, Say now to her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she said, I dwell among mine own people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:14 - And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi said, Verily, she has no son, and her husband is old.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:15 - And he said, Call her; and he called her; and she stood in the doorway.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - And he said, At this appointed time, when thy term is come, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, man of God, do not lie to thy handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:17 - And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that appointed time in the next year as Elisha had said to her.

The Shunammite's Son

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:18 - And the child grew, and it came to pass one day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:19 - And he said to his father, My head, my head! And he said to the servant, Carry him to his mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:20 - And he carried him, and brought him to his mother; and he sat on her knees till noon, and died.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:21 - And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:22 - And she called to her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, and I will run to the man of God, and come again.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:23 - And he said, Why wilt thou go to him to-day? It is neither new moon nor sabbath. And she said, It is well.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - Then she saddled the ass, and said to her servant, Drive and go forward; slack not the riding for me, except I bid thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:25 - And she went and came to the man of God, to mount Carmel. And it came to pass when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, there is the Shunammite:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:26 - run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she said, It is well.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:27 - And she came to the man of God to the mountain, and caught him by the feet; and Gehazi drew near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her, and Jehovah has hidden it from me, and has not told me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:28 - And she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:29 - And he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way. If thou meet any man, salute him not, and if any salute thee, answer him not again; and lay my staff upon the face of the lad.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:30 - And the mother of the lad said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee! And he rose up and followed her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31 - And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the lad; but there was neither voice, nor sign of attention. And he returned to meet him, and told him saying, The lad is not awaked.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:32 - And when Elisha came into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:33 - And he went in and shut the door upon them both, and prayed to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:34 - And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands, and bent over him; and the flesh of the child grew warm.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:35 - And he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and bent over him. And the lad sneezed seven times, and the lad opened his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:36 - And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. And he called her; and she came to him. And he said, Take up thy son.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:37 - And she came and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up her son, and went out.

The Poisonous Stew

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 - And Elisha came again to Gilgal. And there was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him. And he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:39 - Then one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered from it his lap full of wild colocynths, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage; for they did not know them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:40 - And they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out and said, Man of God, there is death in the pot! And they could not eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:41 - And he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot, and said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.
(cf. Mat 14:13–21; 15:32–39 )

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:42 - And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of corn in his sack. And he said, Give to the people that they may eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:43 - And his attendant said, How shall I set this before a hundred men? And he said, Give the people that they may eat; for thus saith Jehovah: They shall eat, and shall have to spare.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:44 - And he set it before them, and they ate and left thereof, according to the word of Jehovah.
DBY

In 1867, John Nelson Darby translated the New Testament from Greek into English. Further revisions were done in 1872 and 1884. Darby’s work was first published as The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages by J. N. Darby. After Darby’s death in 1882, some of his students worked together to produce the complete Darby Bible based on the Masoretic Hebrew text, Darby’s German (Elberfelder), and the French (Pau) translations. In 1890, the first complete Darby Bible was published in English. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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