2 Kings 4:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. ”

2 Kings 4:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:1 to 2 Kings 6:23 . Stories about Elisha as a Wonder-Worker . The miracles of Elisha fill a considerable part of the early Chapter s of 2 K. They are mostly beneficent in character, and...
2 Kings 4:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

borrow not. few . scant not.
2 Kings 4:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
2 Kings 4:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Kings 4:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Various Miracles of Elisha The miracles related of Elisha in this and the following Chapter s resemble many of those previously recounted of Elijah. Thus both prophets multiplied the sustenance of...
2 Kings 4:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Abroad. — Literally, from the outside (of the house); out of doors. Borrow not a few. — See margin. Do not scant , or stint , namely, to borrow.
2 Kings 4:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ELISHA'S MIRACLES 2 Kings 4:1-44 WE are now in the full tide of Elisha's miracles, and as regards many of them we can do little more than illustrate the text as it stands. The record of them cl...
2 Kings 4:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Every Vessel Filled 2 Kings 4:1-7 Elisha's ministry was not startling. It was redemptive and constructive. Widows came to him for help against their creditors; mothers appealed on behalf of the...
2 Kings 4:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The ministry of Elisha stands in many respects in vivid contrast with that of Elijah. There is a gentleness about it which inevitably reminds us of that of the Messiah Himself in His day. Instead of...
2 Kings 4:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Do I not see in this representation how all the vessels of our poor nature may be unceasingly filled from the inexhaustible fullness of Jesus, the fullness of him that filleth all in all. Borrow as w...
2 Kings 4:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then he said, go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours ,.... For he perceived that she had none: even empty vessels ; which they might more readily lend her: borrow not a few ; but a...
2 Kings 4:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, [even] empty vessels; borrow not a few. Ver. 3. Even empty vessels. ] They must be empty hearts, saith Bernard; empty of self, a...
2 Kings 4:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE WIDOW'S OIL (vv.1-7) The history of the Kings is again interrupted to make way for the ministry of Elisha. The bad example of the kings had brought about poverty in the land, and God provide...
2 Kings 4:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Increase of the Widow's Oil. B. C. 894. 1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wiv...
2 Kings 4:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Kings 4:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Provides For A Poor Woman And Her Two Sons Who Seek Elisha's Help Through The Miracle Of Multiplying The Oil In A Vessel ( 2 Kings 4:1-7 ). It will be seen that this miracle, and the one of r...
2 Kings 4:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE MIRACLES OF ELISHA CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 4:1 . Two sons to be bondmen —The law entitled a creditor to the slavery or service of debtors till the year of Jubilee. 2 Kin...
2 Kings 4:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 w...
2 Kings 4:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets. The widow’s pot of oil If we are to believe the voice of tradition as expressed by Josephus, the subject of this touchi...
2 Kings 4:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 4:1-12 TYPICAL MIRACLES WROUGHT BY ELISHA . General introduction . The miracles of this chapter are all of them miracles of mercy. The first and last consist...
2 Kings 4:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Widow's Oil Multiplied.
2 Kings 4:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 13:18 ; 2 Kings 13:19 ; 2 Kings 3:16 ; John 16:24 ; John 2:7 ; Psalms 81:10

2 Kings 4:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 4:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 4:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 4:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 4:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 4:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 4:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 4:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 4:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 4:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 4:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 4:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 4:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 4:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge