Pentecost Season · Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year B
2 Kings 4:42-44
Elisha Feeds a Hundred
July 25, 2027
Overview & Insights
"They shall eat and have some left." (2 Kings 4:43)
A man brings Elisha twenty barley loaves, and at the LORD's word Elisha feeds a hundred people with food left over. The story prefigures the Gospel feeding miracle.
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Commentary
Commentary on 2 Kings 4:42-44 Working Preacher
Luther Seminary exegesis of Elisha's multiplied loaves and the word of the Lord fulfilled.
2 Kings 4: Elisha Feeds a Hundred Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse by verse evangelical commentary on the chapter.
2 Kings 4 Commentary Precept Austin
A deep gathering of quotations, word studies, and cross references worked verse by verse.
2 Kings 4:42 Commentaries BibleHub
Aggregates classic commentaries on Elisha feeding the hundred in one place.
Barnes' Notes on 2 Kings 4 StudyLight
Albert Barnes' notes on the whole chapter of 2 Kings 4.
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B): Readings Agape Bible Study
A Catholic reading study that links Elisha's loaves to the day's Gospel feeding.
Background & Word Study
2 Kings 4 in Hebrew Sefaria
The Hebrew text with English alongside and classical Jewish commentaries.
2 Kings 4:42 Hebrew Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers for the feeding miracle.
Enter the Bible: 2 Kings Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary background on 1 and 2 Kings and the Elisha cycle.
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