Trouble seldom comes in the singular case. It is seldom like a lone sniper, but it is more like a platoon of soldiers all firing at the same time at the victim. This was the experience of the widow before us. She was a debtor, which is not necessarily a problem; but it became a great burden because of that which accompanied the debt. Three things accompanied the debt which brought great distress to the widow and caused her to cry out to Elisha for help. There was sorrow—her husband had died, scarcity