2 Kings - Chapter 4

The Amazing Bible. Book Club

Today's lesson covers five miracles from the Lord through Elisha. The first is with a widow whose husband was a prophet. Now that her husband died, a creditor was going to take her two sons to pay their debt. She cried out to Elisha, and he asked, "What do you have in your house?" She only had a little oil, so they were to ask their neighbors for as many jars as possible. They did, and they were able to fill the jars with oil, and when the jugs ran out, so did the oil stop flowing. They were able to pay their debt and live on the rest. The second story, which technically covers two miracles, was about a well-to-do woman, who noticed Elisha would travel by their home often, and she asked her husband if they could feed him. Then she asked if they could set up a room for him to stay when he traveled by. They made a room for him with a bed, table, chair, and lamp. Elisha was so thankful that she asked if he could do anything for her, but she said, she did not need anything. He kept wanting to do something for her, so he asked his servant, Gehazi, and he said, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old" (vs. 14b). Elisha told her this time next year she would have a child. Instead of being overjoyed, she said, "No, my lord, don't mislead your servant, O man of God!" He did not mislead her and she had a son. The child grew, and then had an incident with his head. He died in his mother's arms. The Shunammite woman put her son on Elisha's bed, and immediately went directly to him. Elisha came to the boy, and prayed and laid on him. He began to get warm. He walked around again, and then laid on top of him again, and he sneezed 7 times and opened his eyes. He gave her back her son. The 4th miracle, Elisha put flour in a pot of deadly stew, and it became edible, and the 5th miracle, had to do with feeding a group of 100 men with just 20 loves of barley bread. A man of Israel, wanted to offer a first fruits offering to the Lord, but since Israel did not have access to the temple in Judah, he offered it to Elisha, a man of God. Elisha told him that the Lord said to feed the people, and they will eat and have leftovers. He did, they did, and there were leftovers!