2 Kings 4:42

And, a man, came in from Baal-Shalisha, and brought for the man of God firstfruit bread, twenty barley loaves, and garden grain in the husk thereof. And he said—Give to the people, that they may eat.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.

In Context

41And he said—Then fetch meal. And he cast it into the pot,—and then said—Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot.

43But his attendant said—How can I set this before a hundred men? And he said—Give to the people, that they may eat, for, Thus, saith Yahweh, They are about to eat and to leave remaining.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:16And the festival of harvest with the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou shalt sow in the field, And the festival of ingathering—at the outgoing of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field.

Numbers 18:13The firstfruits of all that is in their land which they shall bring in unto Yahweh, thine, shall it be,—every one that is clean in thy house, shall eat it:

Deuteronomy 12:6and bring in thither your ascending-offerings and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand,—and your vow-offerings and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock;

Deuteronomy 32:14Curds of kine and milk of sheep,—With fat of well-fed lambs, Yea rams bred in Bashan, and he-goats, With the white of the kernels of wheat,—And, the blood of the grape, thou didst drink as it foamed.

1 Samuel 9:7Then said Saul to his young man: Behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man, for, the bread, hath failed from our sacks, and, present, there is none to bring to the man of God,—what is there with us?

2 Kings 4:38Now, Elisha, returned to Gilgal, and there was, a famine, in the land, and, the sons of the prophets, being seated before him, he said to his young man—Put on the large pot, and boil a mess of food, for the sons of the prophets.

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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