Melachim Bais 4:3

3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee kelim from all around of all thy shchenim, even empty kelim; borrow not a few.

Melachim Bais 4:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:3

Then he said, go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy
neighbours
For he perceived that she had none:

even empty vessels;
which they might more readily lend her:

borrow not a few;
but as many as she could get; the prophet, under a divine impulse, was directed to say this to her, foreseeing, by a spirit of prophecy, that a large quantity of oil would be given her.

Melachim Bais 4:3 In-Context

1 Now there cried out a certain isha of the nashim of the Bnei HaNevi’im unto Elishah, saying, Thy eved my ish is dead; and thou knowest that thy eved did fear Hashem: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two yeladim to be avadim (slaves).

2 And Elishah said unto her, What shall I do for thee? Tell me, what hast thou in the bais? And she said, Thine shifchah hath not anything in the bais, except a flask of shemen.

3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee kelim from all around of all thy shchenim, even empty kelim; borrow not a few.

4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the delet behind thee and behind thy banim, shalt pour out into all those kelim, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

5 So she went from him, and shut the delet behind her and behind her banim, who were bringing to her; and she poured.