2 Kings 4:1

Now a wife of one of the prophets ¹  appealed ²  to Elisha for help, saying, “Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. ³  Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants.”

Ge 22:12; Le 25:39,40,48; 1Ki 18:3; 1Ki 20:35; 2Ki 2:3,5; 2Ki 4:38; Ne 5:2-5; Ne 7:2; Ne 10:31; Ps 103:11,17; Ps 112:1,2; Ps 115:13; Ps 147:11; Ec 8:12; Ec 12:13; Jer 34:14; Mal 3:16; Mal 4:2; Mt 18:25,30,35; Ac 13:26; Jas 2:13; Re 15:4; Re 19:5

¹ tn Heb “a wife from among the wives of the sons of the prophets.”

² tn Or “cried out.”

³ tn Heb “your servant feared the Lord.” “Fear” refers here to obedience and allegiance, the products of healthy respect for the Lord’s authority.