2 Kings 4:3

3 Then he said, "Go outside, borrow vessels of all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few.

2 Kings 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.

2 Kings 4:3 In-Context

1 Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Eli'sha, "Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves."

2 And Eli'sha said to her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?" And she said, "Your maidservant has nothing in the house, except a jar of oil."

3 Then he said, "Go outside, borrow vessels of all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few.

4 Then go in, and shut the door upon yourself and your sons, and pour into all these vessels; and when one is full, set it aside."

5 So she went from him and shut the door upon herself and her sons; and as she poured they brought the vessels to her.