2 Kings 4:2. And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee?
Elisha was probably about as poor as she was, so what could he do for her?
2 Kings 4:2. Tell me, what hast thou in the house?
"Whatever there is in the house must go towards this debt, so ‘tell me what hast thou in the house?’"
2 Kings 4:2. And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
Her husband had been a God-fearing man, a true servant of Jehovah, yet he had died in such dire poverty that his widow had to say to Elisha "Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil." Those were indeed bad times for the sons of the prophets; for, in those days, men cared more for false prophets and for the priests of Baal than for the servants of the Most High God.
2 Kings 4:2. And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee?
Elisha was probably about as poor as she was, so what could he do for her?
2 Kings 4:2. Tell me, what hast thou in the house?
"Whatever there is in the house must go towards this debt, so ‘tell me what hast thou in the house?’"
2 Kings 4:2. And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
Her husband had been a God-fearing man, a true servant of Jehovah, yet he had died in such dire poverty that his widow had to say to Elisha "Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil." Those were indeed bad times for the sons of the prophets; for, in those days, men cared more for false prophets and for the priests of Baal than for the servants of the Most High God.