(a) 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 (b) fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be (c) bondmen.
(a) (2 Kings 2:3).
(b) And therefore did not fall into debt by carelessness or excess but by the hand of the Lord.
(c) Because I am poor and not able to pay.