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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophet unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. It is sad for anyone to be in debt, and yet there may be circumstances under which even a man who...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD; and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. According to the very cruel custom of those times, if a man were in debt, and had no means of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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? 2Ki_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?’” 2Ki_4:2. And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. They used oil extensively in the preparation of their food as well as for lighting their dwellings. This woman was so poor that she had no meal in the house, but she had a little...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. “Get as many empty oil jars as ever you can, it does not matter how great nor how many they are, but they must be empty.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. Evidently the poor woman’s credit was good though her debts were heavy; her neighbours knew she would have paid her creditor if she could, so they were willing to grant her request though they probably wondered why she wanted so many empty...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then she came and told the man of God. She must have understood that the oil was to be used for the payment of her debt; but she was a woman of delicate sensitiveness, with a tender conscience, as honest people usually are, so she wanted full permission from Elisha before she would dispose of the oil. She regarded it, in some sense, as his oil: as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, — “That is thy first duty; ‘pay thy debt,’” —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And live thou and thy children of the rest. And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. The prophet had helped a poor woman; now a rich woman helps him. God sometimes pays his servants in kind very...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. And it fell on a day,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And she answered, I dwell among mine own people. She had no desire for earthly greatness, and she was very wise, for, usually, happiness is to be found in that middle state which Agur desired when he said, “Give me neither poverty nor riches.” This Shunammite had no wish to be removed to the trying and perilous atmosphere of the court or the army,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old. And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door. And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. How transient are all our earthly treasures! The child was well, and ill and dead in the course of a few hours. Hold with a loose hand all things earthly. Make not your gourds into gods, for they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out. And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again. She did not tell him her errand; she wished to keep the trouble to herself for a while.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. “It is not the ordinary time for going to the prophet.” 2Ki_4:23. And she said, (Salem, that is, Peace; or as we read it,) It shall be well. She must have been a woman of great faith. She checked her natural emotions, and believed in God that all would be for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee. So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: As if she feared lest he should go away before she had poured into his ears the story of her grief. 2Ki_4:27. But Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? Then he learned what her trouble was, and understood that the child was dead. Before she had said as much as that, he read the news in the tones of her voice.