. The works of Josephus. have gathered them out of the Holy Scripture. The Widow of Obadiah,(who was fometime fteward of ^c^^z^j-houfe i came unto him, and told him, That hewas not ignorant that in thatperfecution wherein Jezzbelfought to murther the Prophets,herHusband faved one hundred of them, for wbofe private maintenance he had hor rowed much mo-tley of other tnen ; and that now being deadjjis Creditors ftrove to draw both her and her chil-dren into bondage : For which caufefhe befought him, in confide rat ion of this a^, to have com- i Khigs 4. i,paffion on her, and to yield her fome fuc
. The works of Josephus. have gathered them out of the Holy Scripture. The Widow of Obadiah,(who was fometime fteward of ^c^^z^j-houfe i came unto him, and told him, That hewas not ignorant that in thatperfecution wherein Jezzbelfought to murther the Prophets,herHusband faved one hundred of them, for wbofe private maintenance he had hor rowed much mo-tley of other tnen ; and that now being deadjjis Creditors ftrove to draw both her and her chil-dren into bondage : For which caufefhe befought him, in confide rat ion of this a^, to have com- i Khigs 4. i,paffion on her, and to yield her fome fuccor. Hereupon EUzeus askd \ier,Iffhe had any thing ij-O i» her houfe ? flie anfwerd h[m,ThatJhe had nothing but a very little oylleft her in an earthen ^^ndethd^ Pot. Whereupon the Prophet commanded her to depart, and to borrow divers empty widow to fillvellels of her Neighbors : that done , he willed her to locli up her doors, and to pour J^wuKyT oyl ^ °^ 238 2 Ki?igs â,.6. J O S E PH US, ^//^e Aîitiqimies Book oyl into the vefTels, becaufe it was Gods pleafuie to fill them all. The Woman did ac- A cording as he had commanded her, and all the vefTels were found full, fo as none of themwere empty : whereof when flie had certified the Prophet, he advifed her to go and fellher oyl, and pay her Debts ; and when all was paid, he aflured her, that there would befome remainder, that might ferve to fuftain both her and her children. By this means £//ca« difcharged the Widow of her Debts, and that trouble whichher Creditors intended againfl her. He admoniflied Joram likewife, by certain Mefien-gers, that he fhould take heed of a certain place wherein the Syrians lay in ambuih, in-tending to flay him : by means of which admonition, the King went not out on Adadhçing foredifpleafed, becaufe his ambufhment was difcovered, began to fufpedthis own followers : whereupon calling unto him his houlhold fervants , he malicioufly 5termed them Traytors j and furthermore thr
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