2 Kings
4:42-44
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- Historical References, Commentary and Comparative
Texts:
- IV.21, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 210)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "It is not the quantity of bread that satisfies, but the blessing that God gives."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "When we are receiving the supports and comforts of life, we must keep up an expectation of death, and a fear of sin."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "First fruits - Which were the priests due, Numb 18:12, but these, and probably the rest of the priests dues, were usually brought by the pious Israelites, according to their ability and opportunity, to the Lord's prophets, because they were not permitted to carry them to Jerusalem."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "This was not a miracle of Elisha, but only a prediction of one by the word of the Lord. Thus it differed widely from those of Christ."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Commentary, 2 Kings 4:42-44, Garrett Galvin, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
- "Elisha's model offers us a life full of hope. It is not a life without challenges because we see Elisha constantly in the midst of challenges."
- Commentary, 2 Kings 4:42-44, Sara Koenig, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
- "These are no longer just Elisha's own words and command, but are now connected with the word of God, and God's promise that they will eat, and there will be some left over."
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Commentary, 2 Kings 4:42-44, Elna K. Solvang, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- "The passage depicts the miracle of daily existence: human community and holy living are dependent upon the abundant providing of God, human generosity and willingness to share, and attention to equity."
- 2 Kings 4:42-44, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series B, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
- "Sharing a Little to Feed Many," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Lectionary Resource for Catholics.
- "The
Miracle of the Bread (2 Kings 4:42-44)," by J. Hampton Keathley III at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "The problems we so often face or fail to adequately solve are often caused by the confinement of our perspectives, and our unbelief in the Word. Oh, that we might learn to measure life and deal with its needs not by who we are, but by who and what the Lord is and has promised."
- Commentary, 2 Kings 4:42-44, Garrett Galvin, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
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selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Otto, Susanne, "The Composition of the Elijah-Elisha
Stories and the Deuteronomistic History," Journal for the Study of
the Old Testament, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Satterthwaite, Philip E., "The
Elisha Narratives and the Coherence of 2 Kings 2-8," Tyndale Bulletin,
1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Otto, Susanne, "The Composition of the Elijah-Elisha
Stories and the Deuteronomistic History," Journal for the Study of
the Old Testament, 2003.
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