2 Kings 4:5
in 2 Kings 4So she left him, and after she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing jars to her, and she kept pouring.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons; they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out.
KJV
So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
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This verse in 2 Kings 4
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
pour oil into all these jars
on 2 Kings 4:4-6
Elisha tells her to “shut the door behind you and your sons”. The oil flows while there are jars to fill, and when her son says, “There are no more jars”, then “the oil stopped flowing”. The supply ends with the vessels, and the source never fails.
This site's exposition
shut the door behind her
Matthew Henry gave three reasons for the shut door. It kept out the creditors while the work went on, it kept the family from boasting, and it left them room for prayer and praise. Her sons brought the jars, and she poured.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
Notice, dearly beloved: as long as that widow had oil in her own vessel, it was not enough for her, and she could not pay her debt. It is true, brothers. If a person loves only himself, he does not suffice for himself, and he …
Here the Scripture relates the other miracle that Elisha performed in order to help the widow. He made flow into the vessels an amount of oil sufficient to pay the debt of her husband and abundantly multiplied it for the nourishment of her children.From the …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
So she went from him,.... And did as he advised her, borrowed many empty vessels of her neighbours, having faith in what the prophet had said to her: and shut the door upon her, and upon her sons; and then went to work as she was directed, with her sons: who brought the vessels to her; the empty ones she had borrowed: and she poured out; the oil out of her pot into them.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ | vatelekh | and she went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| מֵֽאִתּ֔וֹ | meito | from with <the> him | H854 → | 929 times |
| וַתִּסְגֹּ֣ר | vatisgor | and she shut | H5462 → | 91 times |
| הַדֶּ֔לֶת | hadelet | the door | H1817 → | 88 times |
| בַּעֲדָ֖הּ | baadah | behind her | H1157 → | 105 times |
| וּבְעַ֣ד | uvead | and behind | H1157 → | 105 times |
| בָּנֶ֑יהָ | baneiha | children her | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הֵ֛ם | hem | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| מַגִּשִׁ֥ים | magishim | [were] bringing | H5066 → | 125 times |
| אֵלֶ֖יהָ | ʾeleiha | to her | H413 → | 5510 times |
| וְהִ֥יא | vehi' | and she | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| מוֹצָֽקֶת׃ | meitzaket | [was] pouring out | H3332 → | 50 times |
וַתֵּ֙לֶךְ֙and she went
vatelekhH1980 →1546 times
מֵֽאִתּ֔וֹfrom with <the> him
meitoH854 →929 times
וַתִּסְגֹּ֣רand she shut
vatisgorH5462 →91 times
הַדֶּ֔לֶתthe door
hadeletH1817 →88 times
בַּעֲדָ֖הּbehind her
baadahH1157 →105 times
וּבְעַ֣דand behind
uveadH1157 →105 times
בָּנֶ֑יהָchildren her
baneihaH1121 →4930 times
הֵ֛םthey
hemH1992 →553 times
מַגִּשִׁ֥ים[were] bringing
magishimH5066 →125 times
אֵלֶ֖יהָto her
ʾeleihaH413 →5510 times
וְהִ֥יאand she
vehi'H1931 →1879 times
מוֹצָֽקֶת׃[was] pouring out
meitzaketH3332 →50 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Luke 1:45Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
it leads to
- John 20:29
Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
- John 11:40
Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
- Luke 11:27–28
As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”
- Luke 1:20
And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:20
Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the…
- John 20:29
Through
2 Kings 5:11But Naaman went away angry, saying, “I thought that he would surely come out, stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the spot to cure…
it leads to
- John 13:20
Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.”
- Proverbs 1:32
For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
- Matthew 19:22
When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.
- John 13:20
Where this verse is studied
About 2 Kings
This page draws on Caesarius of Arles, SERMON 128.3; Ephrem the Syrian, ON THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS 4:3; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.