2 Kings 4:13

Elisha offers to speak on her behalf to the king or army commander, but she declines, content among her own people. Her humble contentment marks her godly character.

Cross-references · 20

• 2 Tim 1:16–18May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chains.
• Phil 4:18–19I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
• Heb 6:10For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
• 1 Tim 6:6–8Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
• 1 Th 5:12–13But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who preside over you in the Lord and give you instruction.
• Rom 16:6Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.
• Heb 13:5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
• Rom 16:2Welcome her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and assist her with anything she may need from you. For she has been a great help to many people, including me.
• Matt 10:40–42He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives the One who sent Me.
• 2 Sam 19:13And say to Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my flesh and blood? May God punish me, and ever so severely, if from this time you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”
• Ps 37:3Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
• Luke 9:3–5“Take nothing for the journey,” He told them, “no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no second tunic.
• 1 Kgs 2:32The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
• 2 Kgs 8:1Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”
• 2 Kgs 3:15–18But now, bring me a harpist.” And while the harpist played, the hand of the LORD came upon Elisha
• 2 Sam 19:32–38Barzillai was quite old, eighty years of age, and since he was a very wealthy man, he had provided for the king while he stayed in Mahanaim.
• 2 Kgs 9:5and when he arrived, the army commanders were sitting there. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied.
• Ruth 1:1–4In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
• Gen 14:24I will accept nothing but what my men have eaten and the share for the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. They may take their portion.”
• 2 Kgs 8:3–6At the end of seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to the king to appeal for her house and her land.

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