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2 Kings 4:37-39
1599 Geneva Bible
2 Kings 4:37-39
1599 Geneva Bible
37 And she came, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
38 Afterward Elisha returned to Gilgal, and a famine was in the [a]land, and the children of the Prophets dwelt with him. And he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the children of the Prophets.
39 And one went out into the field, to gather herbs, and found as it were a wild vine, and gathered thereof [b]wild gourds his garment full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew it not.
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- 2 Kings 4:38 That is, in the land of Israel.
- 2 Kings 4:39 Which the Apothecaries call colloquintida, and is most vehement and dangerous in purging.
2 Kings 4:37-39
New International Version
2 Kings 4:37-39
New International Version
37 She came in, fell at his feet and bowed to the ground. Then she took her son and went out.
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.”
39 One of them went out into the fields to gather herbs and found a wild vine and picked as many of its gourds as his garment could hold. When he returned, he cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.
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