2 Kings 4:1

Elisha Helps a Widow and Her Sons

4:1 Now a wife of one of the prophets1 appealed2 to Elisha for help, saying, “Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord.3 Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.”

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1	tn Heb “a wife from among the wives of the sons of the prophets.”
2	tn Or “cried out.”
3	tn Heb “your servant feared the Lord.” “Fear” refers here to obedience and allegiance, the products of healthy respect for the Lord’s authority.