Based on your answer above, write out one principle from this passage. Evidently, she had determined to fight this difficulty and to fight it with God.ī. The man she believed could help her was Elisha. To face this problem, she cried out to Elisha, the man of God. From this we can easily understand the emergency of the situation, the woman because of unpaid debt was about to lose her two sons. As a result, the creditor was coming to take her two sons to be his slaves. Unfortunately, her husband died leaving to his family a debt that they could not afford. The story of Elisha and the Widow’s oil is about a woman who was the wife of a man that feared, deeply revered, the Lord. Remember, the Old Testament narratives frequently communicate truth by showing it to us in story form instead of telling it to us by way of teaching or sermon. In 1-2 paragraphs (100-400 words) explain what you think the author is trying to communicate in this passage.

She borrowed them from her neighbors InterpretationĪ. How did the widow get so many vessels and jars? How did the widow get the money to pay the debt? Her husband, a prophet died, and she had no money to pay it. To keep the mockers and non-believers out, or the distractions out while the “oil flows” Why did the widow shut the door during the miracle? She could not pay her husband’s debts, so the person they owed was going to take her sons as slaves. God’s servant, Elisha, told the woman to borrow all the empty jars from her neighbors that she could possibly get, close her doors, and begin pouring the oil from her jar into the borrowed jars. The man that her husband borrowed the money from said that if she did not pay him back, he would make her sons his slaves. The Widow didn’t have the money to pay back the debt, all she had in her house was a little olive oil. He knew he could work to pay the man back. When he was alive, he borrowed money from someone. The woman said I am a widow my husband was a prophet. Elisha passed through a town when he saw a woman with two sons. God would give him messages to tell the people and Elisha would preach the messages to them. List basic observations about this passage using the “Key Question” for observation.Įlisha was a prophet of God. As she obeyed, the Widow saw that God provided enough oil to fill all the jars.Įlisha told the Widow to go outside and sell the oil and pay your debt, and she had enough to do so.Ĭ.

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