2 Kings 4:43
And his seruant answered, How shoulde I set this before an hundreth men? He sayd againe, Giue it vnto the people, that they may eate: for thus sayth the Lord, They shall eate, and there shall remaine.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
44So he set it before them, and they did eate, and left ouer, according to the word of the Lord.
Cross References
Numbers 11:23And the Lord saide vnto Moses, Is the Lordes hand shortened? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to passe vnto thee, or no.
Matthew 14:20And they did all eate, and were sufficed, and they tooke vp of the fragments that remained, twelue baskets full.
Matthew 15:37And they did all eate, and were sufficed: and they tooke vp of the fragments that remained, seuen baskets full.
Mark 6:37But he answered, and said vnto them, Giue yee them to eate. And they said vnto him, Shall we goe, and buy two hundreth peny worth of bread, and giue them to eate?
Mark 8:4Then his disciples answered him, Whence can a man satisfie these with bread here in the wildernes?
Luke 9:13But he sayd vnto them, Giue ye them to eate. And they sayd, We haue no more but fiue loaues and two fishes, except we should go and buy meate for all this people.
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 →