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Read Full Chapter (2 Kings 4) 2 Kings 4:8 KJV
"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 in Context (Verses 5–11 KJV)
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So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
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And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
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Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.*
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¶ 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.**
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And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
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Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
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And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.