2 Reis 4:38-39 NVIPT

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 4:8-38

2 Kings 4:8-38 What Elisha did for the Shunammite's son, the Church wishes to do for you. I. The Church is like Elisha because it touches you. It touches you through its one book, the Bible; it touches you through its prayers, and praises, and sermons. II. The Church is like Elisha because it fits you. As the prophet carefully adapted himself to the child, so the great truths of the Gospel fit your mind and heart. Christ lowers His vast mind to our level, and teaches us truth as we are able to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 4:1-44

Chapter 4Now there was a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets who came to Elisha, saying, My husband is dead; and his creditors is come to take my two boys as slaves to pay for his debt. And Elisha said, What shall I do for you? what do you have in your house? She said, All I have is a pitcher of oil ( 2 Kings 4:1-2 ).He said, "Alright, send your sons out and let them borrow every kind of a bucket and container they can find from the neighbor. Get all of the pitchers,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 4:1-44

2 Kings 4:1 . My two sons to be bondmen. The law of Moses, as well as the laws of all gentile nations, allowed of this for six years. Exodus 21:7. Josephus, after others says, that she was the widow of Obadiah; but we have no intimation that he was a prophet. 2 Kings 4:2 . Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house save a pot of oil. No silver plate, no redundant furniture, nor any empty jars for oil. Truly, great poverty, and illustrious piety dwelt in that house. 2 Kings 4:8 . ... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Kings 4:38-44

2 Kings 4:38-44And Elisha came again to Gilgal, and there was a dearth in the land.Ministries to man, good and badElisha had returned to Gilgal, the seat of a school of the prophets; he had come thither once more on his early circuit, and during the famine which prevailed in the land. As the students sat before their master, he discerned in their emaciated forms the terrible effects upon them of the famine.I. Here is the ministry of severe trial. “There was a dearth in the land.” A destitution... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 4:38

2Ki 4:38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and [there was] a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets [were] sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. Ver. 38. See the pottage. ] The propbets were poor, and glad of pottage. Nescio quomodo bonae mentis sorer est paupertas. a The saints are kept at hard commons, but have their keeping of free cost. The wicked have larger provisions, but pay sweetly. a Petron. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 4:39

2Ki 4:39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred [them] into the pot of pottage: for they knew [them] not. Ver. 39. Of wild gourds his lapful ] This is taken to be coloquintida, which is very bitter, saith Valesius, a so that physicians call it Fel terrae, the gall of the earth. a De Sac. Plalos., cap. 36. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Kings 4:38

Elisha: 2 Kings 2:1, 1 Samuel 7:16, 1 Samuel 7:17, Acts 10:38, Acts 15:36 a dearth: 2 Kings 8:1, Leviticus 26:26, Deuteronomy 28:22-Jeremiah :, Deuteronomy 28:38-Matthew :, 2 Samuel 21:1, Jeremiah 14:1-Joshua :, Ezekiel 14:13, Luke 4:25 the sons: 2 Kings 2:3, 1 Samuel 19:20 were sitting: Proverbs 8:34, Luke 2:46, Luke 8:35, Luke 8:38, Luke 10:39, Acts 22:3 Set on the great pot: Mark 6:37, Mark 8:2-Joshua :, Luke 9:13, John 21:5, John 21:9 Reciprocal: Genesis 12:10 - was a 1 Samuel 10:5 -... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Kings 4:39

a wild vine: Isaiah 5:4, Jeremiah 2:21, Matthew 15:13, Hebrews 12:15 wild gourds: The word pakkuoth, from peka, in Chaldee, to burst, and in Syriac, to crack, thunder, is generally supposed to be the fruits of the coloquintida, or colocynth; whose leaves are large, placed alternately, very much like those of the vine, whence it might be called a wild vine: the flowers are white, and the fruit of the gourd kind, of the size of a large apple, and when ripe, of a yellow colour, and a pleasant... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 4:38

38. Came… Gilgal Where was a school of the prophets. See note on 2 Kings 2:1. A dearth in the land The seven years’ famine which Elisha had foretold. 2 Kings 8:1. This is mentioned to show the necessity of their sending out into the fields to gather herbs for food. Sitting before him As disciples were wont to gather round their master to listen to the instructions which fell from his lips. Set on the great pot That is, put it over the fire. The great pot is mentioned as a well known,... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 4:38-41

THE POISONOUS POTTAGE HEALED, 2 Kings 4:38-41. This miracle of the healing of the poisonous pottage is a counterpart of that of the healing of the waters of Jericho. 2 Kings 2:19-22. There the power of Elisha’s God works on the water; here, on the food of the prophets. The chief value of both miracles lies in the rich typical lessons they suggest concerning the coming in of Divine grace and power into the domain of man’s most common life and wants, to leaven and heal with gracious influences... read more

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 4:8-38

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 4:1-44

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 4:1-44

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Kings 4:38-44

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 4:38

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 4:39

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Kings 4:38

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Kings 4:39

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 4:38

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 4:38-41

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