2 Kings 4:43
And his servitor said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave of it .
Webster Bible
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In Context
44So he set it before them, and they ate, and left of it , according to the word of the LORD.
Cross References
Numbers 11:23And the LORD said to Moses, Is the LORD'S hand shortened? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass to thee, or not.
Matthew 14:20And they all ate, and were satisfied: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
Matthew 15:37And they all ate and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that were left seven baskets full.
Mark 6:37He answered and said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they say to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
Mark 8:4And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
Luke 9:13But he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy provisions 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 →