Lièwángjìxià 4:42

42 Yǒu yī gèrén cóng bā lì shā lì shā lái , daì zhe chū shóu dàmaì zuò de bǐng èr shí gè , bìng xīn suì zǐ , zhuāng zaì kǒudai lǐ sòng gĕi shén rén . shén rén shuō , bǎ zhèxie gĕi zhòngrén chī .

Lièwángjìxià 4:42 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:42

And there came a man from Baalshalisha
Of which place (See Gill on 1 Samuel 9:4), the Targum is, from the south country:

and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of
barley;
so that it was now barley harvest, and this the first fruits of it, which, according to the law, ( Leviticus 23:10 ) , was to be brought to the priest; but being forbid in the land of Israel going up to Jerusalem, religious men brought their firstfruits to the prophets, and here to Elisha, the father of them; believing it would be dispensed with, and acceptable, since they were not allowed to carry them to the proper person; and in this time of famine was very agreeable to the man of God, supposing it only a present:

and full ears of corn in the husk thereof;
these were green ears of corn, which they used to parch; but might not be eaten until the firstfruits were offered, and then they might, ( Leviticus 23:14 ) , the Targum renders it, "in his garment", in the skirt of his clothes; and to the same purpose are the Syriac and Arabic versions; and so Jarchi interprets it; and Ben Gersom says, it signifies some vessel in which he brought them:

and he said, give unto the people, that they may eat;
Elisha did not reserve this offering or present for himself, but, as he had freely received, he freely gave.

Lièwángjìxià 4:42 In-Context

40 Dǎo chūlai gĕi zhòngrén chī , chī de shíhou , dōu hǎnjiào shuō , shén rén nǎ , guō zhōng yǒu zhì sǐ de dú wù . suǒyǐ zhòngrén bùnéng chī le .

41 Yǐlìshā shuō , ná diǎn miàn lái , jiù bǎ miàn sǎ zaì guō zhōng , shuō , dǎo chūlai , gĕi zhòngrén chī ba . guō zhōng jiù méiyǒu dú le .

42 Yǒu yī gèrén cóng bā lì shā lì shā lái , daì zhe chū shóu dàmaì zuò de bǐng èr shí gè , bìng xīn suì zǐ , zhuāng zaì kǒudai lǐ sòng gĕi shén rén . shén rén shuō , bǎ zhèxie gĕi zhòngrén chī .

43 Púrén shuō , zhè yídiǎn qǐ kĕ bǎi gĕi yī bǎi rén chī ne . Yǐlìshā shuō , nǐ zhǐguǎn gĕi zhòngrén chī ba . yīnwei Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , zhòngrén bì chī le , hái shèngxia .

44 Púrén jiù bǎi zaì zhòngrén miànqián , tāmen chī le , guǒrán hái shèngxia , zhēng rú Yēhéhuá suǒ shuō de .