 | Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher - 1840 - 428 pàgines
...aloud, and with many tears. "Alas!" says she, " thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord ; and the creditor...is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen !" Thus spoke the poor woman, whose tears prevented her from saying any more. She does not fully express... | |
 | 1840 - 870 pàgines
...prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband » lead; and thou knowest that thy servant did ear the LORD : and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. i! And Elisha said onto her, What shall I do 'or thee 7 tell me, what hast thou in the house ! And... | |
 | LADY. - 1841 - 200 pàgines
...of the sons of the Prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead ; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord ; and the creditor is come to take unto him my two song to be bondsmen." — 2 Kings iv. 1. Was the king's order executed ? No. He was moved with compassion,... | |
 | 1841 - 316 pàgines
...of payment, put into the hands of their creditors as slaves ; 2 Kings, 4. ], 'My husband is dead — and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.* (4.) A thief who was unable to make restitution for what he had stolen, according to the proportion... | |
 | John Angell James - 1841 - 286 pàgines
...EUSHA, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead ; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lnrd: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be boiulmcn. And ELISHA said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house?... | |
 | 1853 - 654 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Thomas C. Thornton - 1841 - 358 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 814 pàgines
...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... | |
 | William Brown (jun.) - 1843 - 42 pàgines
...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... | |
 | 1843 - 912 pàgines
...of 'the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husbmid is dead ; and thou knowest 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... | |
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Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead ; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord : and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. 
