A prophet's widow asked for Elisha's help as her late husband's creditors were about to take her 2 sons as slaves to cover the debt he left. Elisha asked her what she had and she said she just had a little oil. So Elisha told the widow to collect as many jars as possible from her neighbours and then pour her oil to fill up all the jars. The oil miraculously just kept flowing and filled all the jars so that she was able to sell the oil, clear the debt, and still have enough left to live off.
A Shunammite woman and her elderly husband were kind to Elisha showing him hospitality so he blessed them and prophesied they would have a son the following spring. He was born and grew, but one day he became ill and died. The woman sought Elisha's help and he prayed and then laid on the dead boy mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, hand to hand. Eventually the boy came back to life and he showed it by sneezing 7 times and opening his eyes.
Elisha returned to Gilgal where there was a famine. There his servant cooked a stew for the prophets and inadvertently included a poisonous herb. The men detected it soon and cried out to Elisha that there was death in the pot! Elisha solved the problem with the help of some flour and everyone ate safely.
Finally Elisha miraculously multiplied 20 barley loaves to feed a 100 men leaving leftovers like Jesus fed the 5,000 with 5 loaves and 2 fishes.
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