 | John Angell James - 1858 - 220 pages
...OF THE SONS OF THE PROPHETS. Addressed to Ihe Widows of Ministers left in destitute circumstances. Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the...: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. And Elisha said unto her, What Khali I do for ihee ? tell me, what hast thuu in... | |
 | Maxwell Pierson Gaddis - 1858 - 334 pages
...circumstances of his family. But I will not dwell here — The widow of one of the sons of the Prophet, cried unto Elisha saying, " Thy servant, my husband is dead,...Lord, and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondsmen — and their hand maid has not anything in the house save a pot of oil." It was... | |
 | 1859 - 980 pages
...<l;t ¡«aves, NOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sous of the prophets unto Elislia. x -0 - - sons to be bondmen. 2 And Elislia said unto her. What shall I do for thee f tell me, what hast thou... | |
 | 1860 - 1346 pages
...poLlagc. 42 lie &ati*Jicih a hundred men wttk ¿¡rent if tun res. "VTOW there cried a certain woman 1Л rican Bible Society ?r against him a good way off, as ken to him. ¡it weru a b sons to be bondmen. 2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in... | |
 | Nehemiah Adams - 1861 - 300 pages
...father or mother became poor, their creditor could take their children for servants. Thus you read: ' Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the...Lord; and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.' This was according to the law of Moses, in the twenty-fifth of Leviticus ; c bondmen/... | |
 | Andrew Edward Breen - 1908 - 684 pages
...slaves for debt. An evidence of such usage among the ancient Hebrews is found in II. Kings, IV. i : "Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the...come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen." The Lord refers to this law only by way of illustration, not to approve it. It was not then the time... | |
 | 1908 - 418 pages
...ELISHA, THE HEALER AND COUNSELOR THE STORY §86. The Payment of the Widow's Debt (II Kings 4: 1-7) Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the...creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be slaves." And Elisha said unto her, "What shall I do for thee? tell me; what hast thou in the house?"... | |
 | William Loring Worcester - 1908 - 324 pages
...children of them.t And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria. . . . Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the...LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in... | |
 | William Leonard Courtney - 1908 - 458 pages
...said tJiat there are some traces in this chapter of local dialect, such as is not found elsewhere. 4 NOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the...: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee ? tell me, what hast thou in... | |
 | William Leonard Courtney - 1908 - 438 pages
...said that there are some traces in this chapter of local dialect, such as is not found elsewhere. 4 NOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the...: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee ? tell me, what hast thou in... | |
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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. 
