Polyglot Bible: 2 Kings: 2 Kings 4

This is a biblical narrative passage — specifically 2 Kings 4 — presented in parallel columns: the King James Version with Strong's concordance numbers interleaved, and the Greek Septuagint (LXX). It recounts several miracle stories attributed to the prophet Elisha: a widow's jar of oil multiplies supernaturally to pay her debts and save her sons from debt-slavery; a wealthy Shunammite woman who builds Elisha a room receives the promised birth of a son, who later dies and is raised back to life by Elisha through direct physical contact; and two additional miracles among a community of prophets — deadly wild gourds are rendered harmless in a stew, and twenty barley loaves feed a hundred men with food left over. The text is a scholarly or devotional resource for comparative textual study, not a translation or commentary, making it useful for those examining word-level differences between the Hebrew tradition (via KJV/Strong's) and the Greek. A distinctive feature is how the Shunammite woman is portrayed with unusual agency and self-possession — she initiates hospitality, challenges Elisha with grief rather than deference, and refuses to leave his side until her son is restored.

Polyglot Bible: 2 Kings: 2 Kings 4

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