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Second Book of Kings, Chapter 4

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Chapter 4 of 2 Kings—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now a certain woman of the wives of 1the sons of the prophets cried out to [a]Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD; and 2the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”
  2. Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?” And she said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house except 3a jar of oil.”
  3. Then he said, “Go, borrow vessels at large for yourself from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; do not get a few.
  4. And you shall go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out into all these vessels, and you shall set aside what is full.”
  5. So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons; they were bringing the vessels to her and she poured.
  6. When 4the vessels were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another vessel.” And he said to her, “There is not one vessel more.” And the oil stopped.
  7. Then she came and told 5the man of God. And he said, “Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest.”
  8. ¶ Now there came a day when Elisha passed over to 6Shunem, where there was a [b]prominent woman, and she persuaded him to eat [c]food. And so it was, as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat [d]food.
  9. She said to her husband, “Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy 7man of God passing by us continually.
  10. Please, let us 8make a little walled upper chamber and let us set a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; and it shall be, when he comes to us, that he can turn in there.”
  11. [e]One day he came there and turned in to the upper chamber and [f]rested.
  12. Then he said to 9Gehazi his servant, “Call this Shunammite.” And when he had called her, she stood before him.
  13. He said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Behold, you have been [g]careful for us with all this [h]care; what can I do for you? Would you be spoken for to the king or to the captain of the army?’” And she [i]answered, “I live among my own people.”
  14. So he said, “What then is to be done for her?” And Gehazi [j]answered, “Truly she has no son and her husband is old.”
  15. He said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the doorway.
  16. Then he said, “10At this season [k]next year you will embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, O man of God, 11do not lie to your maidservant.”
  17. ¶ The woman conceived and bore a son at that season [l]the next year, as Elisha had said to her.
  18. ¶ When the child was grown, the day came that he went out to his father to the reapers.
  19. He said to his father, “My head, my head.” And he said to his servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
  20. When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her [m]lap until noon, and then died.
  21. She went up and 12laid him on the bed of 13the man of God, and shut the door behind him and went out.
  22. Then she called to her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and return.”
  23. He said, “Why will you go to him today? It is neither 14new moon nor sabbath.” And she said, “It will be well.”
  24. Then she saddled a donkey and said to her servant, “Drive and go forward; do not slow down [n]the pace for me unless I tell you.”
  25. So she went and came to the man of God to 15Mount Carmel.
    ¶ When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to Gehazi his servant, “Behold, [o]there is the Shunammite.
  26. Please run now to meet her and say to her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child?’” And she [p]answered, “It is well.”
  27. When she came to the man of God 16to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, “Let her alone, for her soul is [q]troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
  28. Then she said, “Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, ‘17Do not deceive me’?”
  29. ¶ Then he said to Gehazi, “18Gird up your loins and 19take my staff in your hand, and go your way; if you meet any man, do not 20salute him, and if anyone salutes you, do not answer him; and 21lay my staff on the lad’s face.”
  30. The mother of the lad said, “22As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” And he arose and followed her.
  31. Then Gehazi passed on before them and laid the staff on the lad’s face, but there was no sound or [r]response. So he returned to meet him and told [s]him, “The lad 23has not awakened.”
  32. ¶ When Elisha came into the house, behold the lad was dead and laid on his bed.
  33. So he entered and 24shut the door behind them both and prayed to the LORD.
  34. And 25he went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth and his eyes on his eyes and his hands on his hands, and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the child became warm.
  35. Then he returned and walked in the house once back and forth, and went up and 26stretched himself on him; and the lad sneezed seven times and the lad opened his eyes.
  36. He called Gehazi and said, “Call this Shunammite.” So he called her. And when she came in to him, he said, “Take up your son.”
  37. Then she went in and fell at his feet and bowed herself to the ground, and 27she took up her son and went out.
  38. ¶ When Elisha returned to 28Gilgal, there was 29a famine in the land. [t]As 30the sons of the prophets 31were sitting before him, he said to his servant, “32Put on the large pot and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”
  39. Then one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine and gathered from it his lap full of wild gourds, and came and sliced them into the pot of stew, for they did not know what they were.
  40. So they poured it out for the men to eat. And as they were eating of the stew, they cried out and said, “O man of God, there is 33death in the pot.” And they were unable to eat.
  41. But he said, “Now bring meal.” 34He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people that they may eat.” Then there was no harm in the pot.
  42. ¶ Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, “35Give them to the people that they may eat.”
  43. His attendant said, “What, 36will I set this before a hundred men?” But he said, “Give them to the people that they may eat, for thus says the LORD, ‘They shall eat and have some left over.’”
  44. So he set it before them, and they ate and 37had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit Elisha, saying
  2. ^ Lit great
  3. ^ Lit bread
  4. ^ Lit bread
  5. ^ Lit Now a day came that
  6. ^ Lit lay there
  7. ^ Lit fearful
  8. ^ Lit fear
  9. ^ Lit said
  10. ^ Lit said
  11. ^ Lit when the time revives
  12. ^ Lit when the time revived
  13. ^ Lit knees
  14. ^ Lit riding
  15. ^ Lit this Shunammite
  16. ^ Lit said
  17. ^ Lit bitter
  18. ^ Lit attentiveness
  19. ^ Lit him, saying
  20. ^ Lit And

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Ki 2:3
  2. ^ Le 25:39-41, 48; 1Sa 22:2; Ne 5:2-5
  3. ^ 1Ki 17:12
  4. ^ Mt 14:20
  5. ^ 1Ki 12:22
  6. ^ Jos 19:18
  7. ^ 2Ki 4:7
  8. ^ Mt 10:41, 42; 25:40; Ro 12:13
  9. ^ 2Ki 4:29-31; 5:20-27; 8:4, 5
  10. ^ Ge 18:14
  11. ^ 2Ki 4:28
  12. ^ 2Ki 4:32
  13. ^ 2Ki 4:7
  14. ^ Nu 10:10; 28:11; 1Ch 23:31
  15. ^ 2Ki 2:25
  16. ^ 2Ki 4:25
  17. ^ 2Ki 4:16
  18. ^ 1Ki 18:46; 2Ki 9:1
  19. ^ Ex 4:17; 2Ki 2:14
  20. ^ Lu 10:4
  21. ^ Ex 7:19, 20; 14:16
  22. ^ 2Ki 2:2, 4
  23. ^ Jn 11:11
  24. ^ 2Ki 4:4; Mt 6:6; Lu 8:51
  25. ^ 1Ki 17:21-23
  26. ^ 1Ki 17:21
  27. ^ Heb 11:35
  28. ^ 2Ki 2:1
  29. ^ 2Ki 8:1
  30. ^ 2Ki 2:3
  31. ^ Lu 10:39; Ac 22:3
  32. ^ Eze 11:3, 7, 11; 24:3
  33. ^ Ex 10:17
  34. ^ Ex 15:25; 2Ki 2:21
  35. ^ Mt 14:16-21; 15:32-38
  36. ^ Lu 9:13; Jn 6:9
  37. ^ Mt 14:20; 15:37; Jn 6:13

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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