2 Kings 4:44

And so, he set it before them. And they ate, and there was still more, in accord with the word of the Lord.

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In The King James Version

So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.

In Context

43And his servant responded to him, “What amount is this, that I should set it before a hundred men?” But he said again: “Give it to the people, so that they may eat. For thus says the Lord, ‘They shall eat, and there shall be still more.’”

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Cross References

Luke 9:17And they all ate and were satisfied. And twelve baskets of fragments were taken up, which were left over from them.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 4:39-44

The Miracle on the Poisoned Pottage; the Miracle on the Barley Loaves. ( b. c. 887.) 38 And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. 39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not. 40 So they… Read the whole commentary →

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