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2 Kings 4:1
New English Translation
2 Kings 4:1
New English Translation
Elisha Helps a Widow and Her Sons
4 Now a wife of one of the prophets[a] appealed[b] to Elisha for help, saying, “Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord.[c] Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.”
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- 2 Kings 4:1 tn Heb “a wife from among the wives of the sons of the prophets.”
- 2 Kings 4:1 tn Or “cried out.”
- 2 Kings 4:1 tn Heb “your servant feared the Lord.” “Fear” refers here to obedience and allegiance, the products of healthy respect for the Lord’s authority.
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