The Widow’s Oil

2 Kings 4:1-7

A widow tells Elisha that her deceased husband’s creditor is coming to take her two sons as servants because of a debt. Elisha asks what she has in her house, and she says she has only a jar of oil. Following his instructions, she borrows empty containers from her neighbors, shuts the door with her sons, and pours the oil into them until no containers remain. The oil then stops. Elisha tells her to sell the oil, pay the creditor, and live with her sons on what remains.

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Elisha listens as an unnamed widow shows him a small jar of oil inside her house, based on 2 Kings 4:2.

The Widow Shows Her Jar of Oil

2 Kings 4:1-7

The unnamed widow and her two sons carry empty containers borrowed from several neighbors toward their home, preparing to follow Elisha’s instruction.

Borrowing Empty Containers

2 Kings 4:1-7

An unnamed widow pours oil from a jar into containers inside her closed household while her two sons bring empty containers and set filled ones aside.

Oil Fills the Containers

2 Kings 4:1-7

An illustration concept of the unnamed widow, her two sons, Elisha, and containers of oil in the household setting, showing provision for the family.

Provision for the Family

2 Kings 4:1-7