2 Kings 4:5

5 So she left him and closed the door behind her and her children. The children kept bringing containers to her, and she kept pouring.

2 Kings 4:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:5

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.

2 Kings 4:5 In-Context

3 Elisha said, "Borrow many empty containers from all your neighbors.

4 Then close the door behind you and your children, and pour oil into all those containers. When one is full, set it aside."

5 So she left him and closed the door behind her and her children. The children kept bringing containers to her, and she kept pouring.

6 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.

7 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."