Holy Scripture
2 Kings 4:1
A church father on this verse
“It is said that this woman was the wife of Obadiah, the treasurer of Ahab and a secret disciple of Elijah, who had taken one hundred prophets away from the rage of Jezebel and had fed them when they were hungry. It seems that in this affair he was entrusted with the gold of the royal house, but after his death his wif…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
1And one of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant feared the Lord: and the creditor is come to take my two sons to be his servants.
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In context
— 2 Kings 4:1 —
2And Elisha said, What shall I do for thee? tell me what thou hast in the house. And she said, Thy servant has nothing in the house, except oil wherewith I anoint myself.
3And he said to her, Go, borrow for thyself vessels without of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.