“Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.”
A widow of one of the sons of the prophets cries to Elisha: the creditor has come to take her two sons as slaves — the debt-slavery system (endemic to ancient Near Eastern economics) threatens to destroy her family. Her cry echoes the widow's plight in Ruth and Naomi's situation; poverty and patriarchal structures leave her vulnerable.
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