2 Kings 4:42

40 So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.

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

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.

43 And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.

44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.
KJV
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.
WEB
A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God some bread of the first fruits: twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. Elisha said, “Give to the people, that they may eat.”
ASV
And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
DARBY
And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of corn in his sack. And he said, Give to the people that they may eat.
BLB
And a man came from Baal-shalishah, and he brought to the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and ripe grain in his sack. And he said, “Give [it] to the people, that they may eat.”
ÅB
Engang kom det en mann fra Ba'al-Salisa og han hadde med til den Guds mann brød som var bakt av førstegrøden, tyve byggbrød, og nyhøstet korn i sin pose. Da sa Elisa: Gi det til folket, så de kan få spise!
OTB
Nå kom en mann fra Baal-salisa, og brakte Guds mann brød av førstegrøden: tjue byggbrød og friske aks av korn i sekken sin. Og Elisja sa, "Gi dem til folket så de kan spise."
B1930
Engang kom det en mann fra Ba'al-Salisa og han hadde med til den Guds mann brød som var bakt av førstegrøden, tyve byggbrød, og nyhøstet korn i sin pose. Da sa Elisa: Gi det til folket, så de kan få ete!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Samuel 9:7

    Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we?

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  • Matthew 14:16–21

    But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.

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  • John 6:13

    Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.

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  • John 6:9

    There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

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  • 1 Samuel 9:4

    And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.

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  • 2 Kings 7:1

    Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

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  • Matthew 15:32–38

    Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

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  • Deuteronomy 8:8

    A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;

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