Biblical view of marriage #119: Big Oil

[paulcarp]

A certain woman, the widow of one of the guild prophets, complained to Elisha: "My husband, your servant, is dead. You know that he was a God-fearing man, yet now his creditor has come to take my two children as his slaves."

"How can I help you?" Elisha answered her. "Tell me what you have in the house."

"This servant of yours has nothing in the

Comments

[paulcarp]

The widow could have sold her children to pay her dead husband's debt.