KJV ORIGINAL
And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Elisha said to her, 'What can I do to help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?' She answered, 'Your servant has nothing in the house except a small jar of oil.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The prophet Elisha is asking a desperate widow what she has left, and she tells him she only has one small jar of oil.
📚 Historical Context
This conversation takes place during a time of economic hardship in Israel, around 850 BC. A widow of one of the prophets came to Elisha because her husband had died owing money, and creditors were about to take her two sons as slaves to pay the debt. In ancient times, widows had few rights and limited means of support.
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