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2 Kings 4:8

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One day Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman; and she persuaded him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.

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2 Kings 4:8 in other translations

And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

2 Kings 4:8 · American Standard Version

2 Kings 4:8 in context

  1. 6When the containers were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another container.”
    He said to her, “There isn’t another container.” Then the oil stopped flowing.
  2. 7Then she came and told the man of God. He said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.”
  3. 8One day Elisha went to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman; and she persuaded him to eat bread. So it was, that as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat bread.
  4. 9She said to her husband, “See now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God who passes by us continually.
  5. 10Please let’s make a little room on the roof. Let’s set a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp stand for him there. When he comes to us, he can stay there.”