2 Kings person
Widow of a Son of the Prophets
person
People
also: Widow of a Son of the Prophets, One woman from the wives of the sons of the prophets, Your servant, my husband
A woman in 2 Kings who appeals to Elisha after her husband’s death and a creditor’s claim against her sons.
Widow of a Son of the Prophets is the woman in 2 Kings 4:1 who cries out to Elisha after the death of her husband, described as one of the sons of the prophets. She tells Elisha that her husband feared the LORD and that a creditor has come to take her two sons as slaves. The passage identifies her as the mother of those sons and as the wife of the deceased servant. Her name forms occur in 2 Kings, where this appeal is recorded.
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2 Kings 4:1
First named
Across Scripture
2 Kings