...revile God (English version, the gods) or curse the ruler. In 2 Kings iv, 1, a woman says to Elisha : "The creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be servants." The creditor had a right to do so according to the law. Lev. xxv, 39. In verse 16, Elisha...

...a prophet's wife is heard crying to Elisha, that her husband was dead "and the creditor," said she, "is come to take unto him my two sons to be bond-men." Again, thieves not able to make restitution for their thefts, or the value of the stolen goods, were...

...for thee ? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. 2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee ? tell me, what hast thou in the house ? And she...

...certain woman of the wives of 'the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husbmid led. 30 Tf And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the « mountain, and his two daughters taKo unto him my two sons to be bondmen. 2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee ? tell...

...There is an allusion to this custom in Job xxiv. 9. And a case in point is related in 2 Kings iv. 1 : " The creditor is come to take unto " him my two sons to be bondmen." This practice also prevailed among the Jews in the days of Nehemiah, v. 1 — 5 : " And there was a...

...4 Kings iv. 1. 7.— In those days : A certain woman of the wives of the prophets cried to Eliseus, saying: Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant was one that feared God, and behold the creditor is come to take away my two sons to serve him. And...

...CHAP. IV. Elisha multiplicth the widow's oil. NOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the suns le. 25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took o tliou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD : and the creditor is come to take unto him my two...

...Ministers left in destitute circumstances. Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my...And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee ? tell me, what hast thou in the bouse ? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house,...

...following passages of Scripture : 1 Kings 4 : 1, " Now their cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my...come to take unto him my two sons to be bond-men." Job 24 : 9, " They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor." From these...

...following passages of Scripture : 1 Kings 4:1," Now their cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knovvest that thy servant did fear the Lord ; and the creditor is come to take unlo him my two sons...