2 Reis 4:42

O Milagre dos Pães

42 Veio um homem de Baal-Salisa, trazendo ao homem de Deus vinte pães de cevada, feitos dos primeiros grãos da colheita, e também algumas espigas verdes. Então Eliseu ordenou ao seu servo: “Sirva a todos”.

2 Reis 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.

2 Reis 4:42 In-Context

40 O ensopado foi servido aos homens, mas, logo que o provaram, gritaram: “Homem de Deus, há morte na panela!” E não puderam mais tomá-lo.

41 Então Eliseu pediu um pouco de farinha, colocou no caldeirão e disse: “Sirvam a todos”. E já não havia mais perigo no caldeirão.

42 Veio um homem de Baal-Salisa, trazendo ao homem de Deus vinte pães de cevada, feitos dos primeiros grãos da colheita, e também algumas espigas verdes. Então Eliseu ordenou ao seu servo: “Sirva a todos”.

43 O auxiliar de Eliseu perguntou: “Como poderei servir isso a cem homens?”Eliseu, porém, respondeu: “Sirva a todos, pois assim diz o SENHOR: ‘Eles comerão, e ainda sobrará’.”

44 Então ele serviu a todos e, conforme a palavra do SENHOR, eles comeram e ainda sobrou.