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2 Kings
4:42-44
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| Historical References, Commentary and Comparative
Texts:
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IV.21,
Against Marcion,
Tertullian (c. 210) |
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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." |
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| 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." |
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| 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." |
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| 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." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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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." |
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2 Kings 4:42-44, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series B,
Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. |
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"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." |
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| 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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| Satterthwaite, Philip E., "The
Elisha Narratives and the Coherence of 2 Kings 2-8," Tyndale Bulletin,
1998.
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| With Children:
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"Elisha," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons),
coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts. |
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