There are two texts, I Kings 17 and II Kings 4, both have similarities and differences. This essay will analyze the two texts, highlighting these similarities and differences, and explain which of the texts was written before the other. One big difference, definitely one of the more noticeable ones, is the plot of the two stories. The I Kings 17 begins with Elijah, the Tishbite, being told by G-d to go to “Zarephath of Sidon” for there is a widow there who will provide for him during this famine. When Elijah meets with the widow she explains that she is preparing her and her son dinner for the last time; she states that after this meal they will die. Elijah then tells the widow if she feeds him, the food will not run out. The widow listened to his request, feeding him, and just as he predicted, the food did not run out. The text says, “the
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In fact, there are two incidents which the section discusses. First, there is a widow whose children are going to be taken because her husband was a slave to them and they are looking reparations. The widow turns to Elisha for help. Elisha tells her to go and collect little jars from her neighbors and fill it up with oil that she has in a big jar. She does as she is told and she is fills up the smaller containers she acquired from her neighbors. The oil just keeps coming. Elisha tells the widow to sell the jars of oil and pay off her creditors so her children aren't enslaved. The second story is about Elisha going into a house in Shunem. The owners of the house make room for Elisha. Elisha tells his servant, Gehazi, to ask the owners if there is something he can do to return the favor. The wife explains that she hasn't had a child, Elisha tell her she will have a child, and boom, she does have a child. Sadly the kid gets sick and dies. The mother rushes to Elisha who goes to the home, prays to G-d, and G-d brings the child back to
In fact, there are two incidents which the section discusses. First, there is a widow whose children are going to be taken because her husband was a slave to them and they are looking reparations. The widow turns to Elisha for help. Elisha tells her to go and collect little jars from her neighbors and fill it up with oil that she has in a big jar. She does as she is told and she is fills up the smaller containers she acquired from her neighbors. The oil just keeps coming. Elisha tells the widow to sell the jars of oil and pay off her creditors so her children aren't enslaved. The second story is about Elisha going into a house in Shunem. The owners of the house make room for Elisha. Elisha tells his servant, Gehazi, to ask the owners if there is something he can do to return the favor. The wife explains that she hasn't had a child, Elisha tell her she will have a child, and boom, she does have a child. Sadly the kid gets sick and dies. The mother rushes to Elisha who goes to the home, prays to G-d, and G-d brings the child back to