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2 Kings 4:42-44

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42 A man came from 1Baal-shalishah, 2bringing the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said, 3"Give to the men, that they may eat."
43 But his servant said, "How can I set this before a hundred men?" So he repeated, "Give them to the men, that they may eat, for thus says the LORD, 'They shall eat and have some left.'"
44 So he set it before them. And they ate and had some left, according to the word of the LORD.
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2 Kings 4:42-44 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 4

This chapter treats of the miracles of Elisha, of his multiplying a poor widow's pot of oil for the payment of her husband's debts, 2Ki 4:1-7 of obtaining a son for a Shunamitish woman, who had been very hospitable to him, 2Ki 4:8-17, of his raising up her son to life when dead, 2Ki 4:18-37, of his curing the deadly pottage made of wild gourds, 2Ki 4:38-41, and of his feeding one hundred men with twenty barley loaves, 2Ki 4:42-44.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 3

  • 1. [1 Samuel 9:4]
  • 2. [1 Samuel 9:7]
  • 3. See Matthew 14:16-21; Matthew 15:32-38; Mark 6:37-44; Mark 8:4-9; Luke 9:13-17; John 6:5-13
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