2Ki 4:1, 6:1-3 | ESV | STEP | Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha , Your servant my husband is dead , and you know that your servant feared the Lord , but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves .

b[Lev. 25:39-41; 1 Sam. 22:2; Neh. 5:5; Matt. 18:25]

2 Kings 4:1

Elisha and the Widow’s Oil

1 Now the wife of one of the ^asons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord, ^bbut the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves.”

2 Kings 6:1-3

The Axe Head Recovered

1 Now ^cthe sons of the prophets said to Elisha, “See, the place where we dwell under your charge is too small for us. 2 Let us go to the Jordan and each of us get there a log, and let us make a place for us to dwell there.” And he answered, “Go.” 3 Then one of them said, “Be pleased to go with your servants.” And he answered, “I will go.”