2-Kings - 4:4



4 You shall go in, and shut the door on you and on your sons, and pour out into all those containers; and you shall set aside that which is full."

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Explanation and meaning of 2-Kings 4:4.

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And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
And go in, and shut thy door, when thou art within, and thy sons: and pour out thereof into all those vessels: and when they are full take them away.
and thou hast entered, and shut the door upon thee, and upon thy sons, and hast poured out into all these vessels, and the full ones thou dost remove.'
Then go in, and, shutting the door on yourself and your sons, put oil into all these vessels, putting on one side the full ones.
And enter and close your door. And when you are inside with your sons, pour from the oil into all those vessels. And when they are full, take them away."

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into (e) all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.
(e) The Prophet declares by this to her, that God never fails to provide for his servants, their wives and children, it they trust in him.

And when thou art come in,.... Into her house:
thou shall shut the door upon thee, and upon thy sons; that they might be alone in the house while the miracle was working; that they might not be interrupted in what they were to do, by the creditor coming in upon them, or by neighbours, who would be for getting the oil from them in the vessels they had lent them: and that the miracle might appear the plainer, no oil being brought into the house by any:
and shalt pour out into all these vessels; out of the single pot of oil into all they borrowed:
and thou shalt set aside that which is full; by itself, and fill the rest of the empty ones.

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