Introduction
A widow of one of the prophets, oppressed by a merciless creditor, applies to Elisha, who multiplies her oil; by a part of which she pays her debt, abut subsists on the rest, 2 Kings 4:1-7 . His entertainment at the house of a respectable woman in Shunem, 2 Kings 4:8-10 . He foretells to his hostess the birth of a son, 2 Kings 4:11-17 . After some years the child dies, and the mother goes to Elisha at Carmel; he comes to Shunem, and raises the child to life, vv. 18-37. He comes to Gilgal, and prevents the sons of the prophets from being poisoned by wild gourds, 2 Kings 4:38-41 . He multiplies a scanty provision, so as to make it sufficient to feed one hundred men, 2 Kings 4:42-44 .
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