2 Kings 4:44
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 4:44 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 4:44 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 4:44 — KJV
“So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.”
— 2 Kings 4:44 (KJV)
2 Kings 4:44 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 4:44
“In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 4:44: set, thereof, according
“And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field. regarded...: Heb. set not his heart unto”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 4:44: set, left, word
“And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 4:44: eat, thereof, according
“And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 4:44: eat, thereof, according
“Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 4:44: before, eat, according
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