2 Kings 4:44
in 2 Kings 4So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of Jehovah.
KJV
So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord.
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This verse in 2 Kings 4
Commentary
4 notes on this verseSo he set it before them,.... The twenty barley loaves, and the full ears of corn: and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord; as the disciples did at the miracle of the loaves and fishes; though that must be allowed to be a greater miracle than this, Mat 14:17.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"Sing to the Lord." Why? What has he done? Why is there a new song due him? "For he has done wondrous deeds." He performed miracles among the Jews: he cured paralytics; he cleansed lepers; he raised the dead to life. But other prophets had done that too. He changed a few loaves into many and fed a countless multitude. But Elisha did that. What new thing, then, did he do to merit a new song? Would you know what he did that was new?
Here two miracles are proposed, which Elisha performed while he was among his disciples. He accomplished the first when he caused death to leave the pot, where, as they said, it had hidden. He performed the second when he nourished one hundred prophets with a …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Christ's feeding his hearers was a miracle far beyond this; but both teach us that those who wait upon God in the way of duty may hope to be both protected and supplied by a particular care of divine Providence.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּתֵּ֧ן | vaiyiten | and he put [it] | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לִפְנֵיהֶ֛ם | lifneihem | <to> before them | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| וַיֹּאכְל֥וּ | vaiyokhelu | and they ate | H398 → | 810 times |
| וַיּוֹתִ֖רוּ | vaiyotiru | and they had more than enough | H3498 → | 106 times |
| כִּדְבַ֥ר | kidvar | according to [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ פ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וַיִּתֵּ֧ןand he put [it]
vaiyitenH5414 →2011 times
לִפְנֵיהֶ֛ם<to> before them
lifneihemH6440 →2123 times
וַיֹּאכְל֥וּand they ate
vaiyokheluH398 →810 times
וַיּוֹתִ֖רוּand they had more than enough
vaiyotiruH3498 →106 times
כִּדְבַ֥רaccording to [the] word of
kidvarH1697 →1440 times
יְהוָֽה׃ פYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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Studies4
About 2 Kings
This page draws on Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 4:38; Jerome, HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 25 (PS 97[98]); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.