2 Kings 4:7

4:7 She went and told the prophet. ¹  He said, “Go, sell the olive oil. Repay your creditor, and then you and your sons can live off the rest of the profit.”

2 Kings 4:42

Elisha Miraculously Feeds a Hundred People

4:42 Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet ²  – twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. ³  Elisha ⁴  said, “Set it before the people so they may eat.”

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¹ tn Heb “man of God” (also in vv. 16, 22, 25, 27 [twice]).

² tn Heb “man of God.”

³ tn On the meaning of the word צִקְלוֹן (tsiqlon), “ear of grain,” see HALOT 148 s.v. בָּצֵק and M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 59.

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Elisha) has been specified in the translation for clarity.