The Widow’s Oil 1 ULT Now a woman from the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying,“Your servant, my husband, has died, and you, you know that your servant was fearing Yahweh. But the creditor has come to take two of my children for himself as slaves.” BSB BSB: Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”
2 ULT And Elisha said to her,“What shall I do for you? Declare to me. What is there to you in the house?” And she said,“There is not to your maidservant anything in the house except a jar of oil.” BSB BSB: “How can I help you?” asked Elisha. “Tell me, what do you have in the house?” She answered, “Your servant has nothing in the house but a jar of oil.”
3 ULT And he said,“Go, ask for yourself vessels from outside, from all of your neighbors, empty vessels. Do not get few. BSB BSB: “Go,” said Elisha, “borrow empty jars from all your neighbors. Do not gather just a few.
4 ULT Then come and shut the door behind you and behind your sons, and pour into all of those vessels. And the full, set aside.” BSB BSB: Then go inside, shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these jars, setting the full ones aside.”
5 ULT And she went from him, and she shut the door behind her and behind her sons. They were bringing to her, and she was pouring. BSB BSB: So she left him, and after she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing jars to her, and she kept pouring.
6 ULT And it happened as she was filling the vessels that she said to her son,“Bring to me another vessel.” And he said to her,“There is not another vessel.” And the oil stopped. BSB BSB: When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another.” But he replied, “There are no more jars.” Then the oil stopped flowing.
7 ULT And she came and declared to the man of God, and he said,“Go, sell the oil and repay your debt. And you may live on the rest, you and your sons.” BSB BSB: She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
The Shunammite Woman (Matthew 10:40–42)
8 ULT And it was the day, and Elisha went over to Shunem, and a great woman{ was} there, and she constrained him to eat bread. And it happened that as often as he passed by, he turned aside to there to eat bread. BSB BSB: One day Elisha went to Shunem, and a prominent woman who lived there persuaded him to have a meal. So whenever he would pass by, he would stop there to eat.
9 ULT And she said to her husband,“Behold, please, I know that he{ is} a holy man of God, the one passing by to us regularly. BSB BSB: Then the woman said to her husband, “Behold, now I know that the one who often comes our way is a holy man of God.
10 ULT Please, let us make a small upper room of a wall, and let us put for him there a bed and a table and a chair and a lampstand. And it will be, when he comes to us, he may turn aside to there.” BSB BSB: Please let us make a small room upstairs and put in it a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp for him. Then when he comes to us, he can stay there.”
11 ULT And it was the day, and he came to there. And he turned aside to the upper chamber, and he lay down there. BSB BSB: One day Elisha came to visit and went to his upper room to lie down.
12 ULT And he said to Gehazi his servant,“Call for this Shunammitess.” And he called for her, and she stood to his face. BSB BSB: And he said to Gehazi his servant, “Call the Shunammite woman.” And when he had called her, she stood before him,
13 ULT And he said to him,“Please say to her,‘Behold, you have cared all of this care for us. What to do for you? Is there to speak for you to the king or to the commander of the army?’” But she said,“I am living in the midst of my people.” BSB BSB: and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.
14 ULT And he said,“But what to do for her?” And Gehazi said,“Indeed, there is not a son to her, and her husband{ is} old.” BSB BSB: So he asked, “Then what should be done for her?” “Well, she has no son,” Gehazi replied, “and her husband is old.”
15 ULT And he said,“Call to her.” And he called to her, and she stood at the entrance. BSB BSB: “Call her,” said Elisha. So Gehazi called her, and she stood in the doorway.
16 ULT And he said,“In this season, according to the time of reviving, you will embrace a son.” And she said,“No, my lord, man of God, do not lie to your maidservant.” BSB BSB: And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”
17 ULT And the woman conceived, and she bore a son in that season, according to the time of reviving, as Elisha had spoken to her. BSB BSB: But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
Elisha Raises the Shunammite’s Son (Acts 20:7–12)
18 ULT And the child grew. And it was the day, and he went out to his father, to the reapers. BSB BSB: And the child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the harvesters.
19 ULT And he said to his father,“My head, my head!” And he said to a servant,“Carry him to his mother.” BSB BSB: “My head! My head!” he complained to his father. So his father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”
20 ULT And he picked him up and brought him to his mother. And he sat on her knees until noon, then he died. BSB BSB: After the servant had picked him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.
21 ULT And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. And she shut on him, and she went out. BSB BSB: And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.
22 ULT And she called to her husband and said,“Please send to me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, and let me run to the man of God, and let me return.” BSB BSB: And the woman called her husband and said, “Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and return.”
23 ULT And he said,“Why are you going to him today?{ It is} not a new moon and not a Sabbath.” And she said,“Peace.” BSB BSB: “Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.
24 ULT And she saddled the donkey, and she said to her servant,“Drive and go! Do not slacken for me to ride unless I say to you.” BSB BSB: Then she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”
25 ULT And she went, and she came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. And it happened, when the man of God saw her from opposite, that he said to Gehazi his servant,“Behold, that Shunammitess. BSB BSB: So she set out and went to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, “Look, there is the Shunammite woman.
26 ULT Now please run to meet her and say to her,‘{ Is} welfare to you?{ Is} welfare to your husband?{ Is} welfare to the child?’” And she said,“Peace.” BSB BSB: Please run out now to meet her and ask, ‘Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is your child all right?’” And she answered, “Everything is all right.”
27 ULT And she came to the man of God, to the mountain, and she held onto his feet. And Gehazi approached to push her away, but the man of God said,“Leave her alone, for her soul{ is} bitter to her, but Yahweh has hidden from me, and he has not declared to me.” BSB BSB: When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
28 ULT And she said,“Did I request a son from my lord? Did I not say,‘Do not deceive me’?” BSB BSB: Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me?’”
29 ULT And he said to Gehazi,“Gird your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go. If you find a man, you shall not bless him, and if a man blesses you, you shall not answer him. And you shall put my staff on the face of the young man.” BSB BSB: So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
30 ULT And the mother of the young man said,“The life of Yahweh and the life of your soul, if I should leave you.” And he arose, and he went after her. BSB BSB: And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.
31 ULT And Gehazi went on to their faces, and he put the staff on the face of the young man, but there was no voice, and there was no hearing. And he returned to meet him, and he declared to him, saying,“The young man did not awaken.” BSB BSB: Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”
32 ULT And Elisha entered the house, and behold, the young man was dead, having been laid on his bed. BSB BSB: When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed.
33 ULT And he went in, and he shut the door behind the two of them, and he prayed to Yahweh. BSB BSB: So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD.
34 ULT And he went up, and he lay on the child, and he put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his palms on his palms. And he stretched out upon him, and the flesh of the child became warm. BSB BSB: Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm.
35 ULT And he returned, and he walked in the house, once here and once here. And he went up, and he stretched out upon him. And the young man sneezed until seven times, and the young man opened his eyes. BSB BSB: Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
36 ULT And he called to Gehazi, and he said,“Call to that Shunammitess.” And he called her, and she came to him. And he said,“Pick up your son.” BSB BSB: Elisha summoned Gehazi and said, “Call the Shunammite woman.” So he called her and she came. Then Elisha said, “Pick up your son.”
37 ULT And she came in, and she fell at his feet, and she prostrated herself to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out. BSB BSB: She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed to the ground. Then she picked up her son and went out.
Elisha Purifies the Poisonous Stew 38 ULT And Elisha returned to Gilgal(and famine{ was} in the land), and the sons of the prophets were sitting to his face. And he said to his servant,“Put on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.” BSB BSB: When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”
39 ULT And one went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a vine of the field, and he gathered from it gourds of the field, the fullness of his garment. And he came, and he sliced{ them} into the pot of stew, for they did not know. BSB BSB: One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.
40 ULT And they poured out for the men to eat. And it happened, as they ate from the stew, that they, they cried out and said,“Death{ is} in the pot, man of God!” And they were not able to eat. BSB BSB: And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it.
41 ULT And he said,“Then bring flour.” And he threw{ it} into the pot, and he said,“Pour{ it} out for the people, that they may eat.” And a harmful thing was not in the pot. BSB BSB: Then Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
Feeding a Hundred Men (Matthew 15:29–39; Mark 8:1–10)
42 ULT And a man came from Baal Shalishah, and he brought to the man of God bread of firstfruits, 20{ loaves of} bread of barley and fresh grain in his sack. And he said,“Give to the people, that they may eat.” BSB BSB: Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.
43 ULT And the one serving him said,“How shall I set this to the face of a hundred men?” And he said,“Give to the people that they may eat, for thus says Yahweh,‘Eating and leaving over.’” BSB BSB: But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’”
44 ULT And he set to their faces, and they ate, and they left over, according to the word of Yahweh. BSB BSB: So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.
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