XXX. ELISHA, THE HEALER AND COUNSELOR
THE STORY
§86. The Payment of the Widow's Debt (II Kings 4:1-7)
Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, "Thy servant my husband is dead: and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be slaves."
And Elisha said unto her, "What shall I do for thee? tell me; what hast thou in the house?"
And she said, "Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil."
Then he said, "Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. And thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and thou shalt set aside that which is full."
So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons; they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out. And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, "Bring me yet a vessel."
And he said, "There is not another vessel."