“After that you will come to the Hill of God[a](A) where there are Philistine garrisons.[b] When you arrive at the city, you will meet a group of prophets(B) coming down from the high place prophesying.(C) They will be preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 10:5 Or to Gibeath-elohim
  2. 1 Samuel 10:5 Or governors

“After that you will go to Gibeah(A) of God, where there is a Philistine outpost.(B) As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets(C) coming down from the high place(D) with lyres, timbrels,(E) pipes(F) and harps(G) being played before them, and they will be prophesying.(H)

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After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:

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Then the sons of the prophets(A) who were at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the Lord will take your master away from you today?”(B)

He said, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

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The company(A) of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and asked, “Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?”

“Yes, I know,” Elisha replied, “so be quiet.”

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And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

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Then the sons of the prophets who were in Jericho came up to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the Lord will take your master away from you today?”

He said, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

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The company(A) of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, “Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?”

“Yes, I know,” he replied, “so be quiet.”

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And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.

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Fifty men from the sons of the prophets came and stood facing them from a distance while the two of them stood by the Jordan.

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Fifty men from the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan.

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And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.

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The Deadly Stew

38 When Elisha returned to Gilgal,(A) there was a famine(B) in the land. The sons of the prophets(C) were sitting at his feet.[a](D) He said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and make stew for the sons of the prophets.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 4:38 Lit sitting before him

Death in the Pot

38 Elisha returned to Gilgal(A) and there was a famine(B) in that region. While the company of the prophets was meeting with him, he said to his servant, “Put on the large pot and cook some stew for these prophets.”

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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.

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