2 Kings 4:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. ”

2 Kings 4:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, [There is] not a vessel more. And the oil (f) stayed. (f) Or ceased to incre...
2 Kings 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 362 THE WIDOW’S OIL INCREASED 2 Kings 4:6 . And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a ve...
2 Kings 4:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. And the oil stayed - While...
2 Kings 4:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. The oil stayed - i:e....
2 Kings 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Her son. — Probably the eldest. The LXX. has plural here and in the verb that follows. Stayed. — Heb., stood — i.e. , halted, stopped. (Comp. Luke 8:44 , ἡ ῥύσις ἔστη.) Bähr makes the wor...
2 Kings 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

SUPPLY PROPORTIONED TO FAITH ‘And the oil stayed.’ 2 Kings 4:6 What a sorrowful confession! There was no reason why it should stay. There was as much oil as ever, and the power which had mad...
2 Kings 4:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass when the vessels were full ,.... For the oil being miraculously increased as it was poured forth, there was enough to fill all the vessels; Ben Gersom and Abarbinel say, that whe...
2 Kings 4:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, [There is] not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. Ver. 6. There is not a v...
2 Kings 4:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou shalt shut the door upon thee, and upon thy sons That none might come in to disturb or interrupt her in what site was doing; that she and her sons might not seem proudly to boast of this mirac...
2 Kings 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Unto her son; to one of them, for she had two, 2 Kings 4:1 . The oil stayed, to teach us, that we should not waste any of God's good creatures, and that God would not work miracles unnecessarily...
2 Kings 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:6 I. We see here how exactly the oil matches the capacity and number of the vessels provided. According to the provision made, so was the miraculous gift. This shows us the law of God's...
2 Kings 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - 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 4:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Widow's Oil Multiplied.
2 Kings 4:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 17:14 ; 2 Chronicles 6:12 ; 2 Chronicles 6:13 ; 2 Kings 13:19 ; 2 Kings 4:43 ; 2 Kings 4:44 ; John 6:12 ; Joshua 5:12 ; Luke 6:19 ; Matthew 13:58 ; Matthew 14:20 ; Matthew 15:37 ;...

2 Kings 4:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Kings 4:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Kings 4:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 4:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 4:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 4:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 4:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 4:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 4:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 4:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 4:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 4:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 4:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 4:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 4:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Kings 4:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 4:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 4:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 4:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 4:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge