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37 Then she came in and fell at his feet and bowed herself to the ground, and (A)she took up her son and went out.

The Death in the Stew

38 Now Elisha returned to (B)Gilgal, and there was (C)a famine in the land. [a]As (D)the sons of the prophets (E)were sitting before him, he said to his young man, “(F)Put on the large pot and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.” 39 Then one went out into the field to gather herbs and found a wild vine and gathered from it wild gourds filling his cloak and came and sliced them into the pot of stew, for they did not know what they were.

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  1. 2 Kings 4:38 Lit And