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2 Kings 4:6-8
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6 When the containers were full, she said to one of her sons,[a] “Bring me another container.” But he answered her, “There are no more.” Then the olive oil stopped flowing. 7 She went and told the prophet.[b] He said, “Go, sell the olive oil. Repay your creditor, and then you and your sons can live off the rest of the profit.”

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8 One day Elisha traveled to Shunem, where a prominent[c] woman lived. She insisted that he stop for a meal.[d] So whenever he was passing through, he would stop in there for a meal.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 4:6 tn Heb “to her son.”
  2. 2 Kings 4:7 tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 16, 22, 25, 27 [twice]).
  3. 2 Kings 4:8 tn Heb “great,” perhaps “wealthy.”
  4. 2 Kings 4:8 tn Or “she urged him to eat some food.”
  5. 2 Kings 4:8 tn Or “he would turn aside there to eat some food.”
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