Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed." — 2 Kings 4:6 (ASV)
Her son. —Probably the eldest. The Septuagint has plural here and in the verb that follows.
Stayed. —Hebrew, stood — i.e., halted, stopped. (Compare to Luke 8:44, ἡ ῥύσις ἔστη.) Bähr makes the word mean continued — i.e., to flow (!).