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One of the wives of a disciple of the prophets called to Elisha, "Sir, my husband is dead! You know how he feared the LORD. Now a creditor has come to take my two children as slaves."
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Elisha asked her, "What should I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?" She answered, "I have nothing in the house except a jar of olive oil."
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Elisha said, "Borrow many empty containers from all your neighbors.
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Then close the door behind you and your children, and pour oil into all those containers. When one is full, set it aside."
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So she left him and closed the door behind her and her children. The children kept bringing containers to her, and she kept pouring.
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When the containers were full, she told her son, "Bring me another container." He told her, "There are no more containers." So the olive oil stopped flowing.
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She went and told the man of God. He said, "Sell the oil, and pay your debt. The rest is for you and your children."
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One day Elisha was traveling through Shunem, where a rich woman lived. She had invited him to eat [with her]. So whenever he was in the area, he stopped in to eat.
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She told her husband, "I know he's a holy man of God. And he regularly travels past our house.
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Let's make a small room on the roof and put a bed, table, chair, and lamp stand there for him. He can stay there whenever he comes to visit us."