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2 i Mbretërve 4:38

Pasta Eliseu u kthye në Gilgal; kishte rënë zia e bukës në vend. Ndërsa dishepujt e profetëve ishin ulur përpara tij, ai i tha shërbëtorit të tij: "Vër mbi zjarr kusinë e madhe dhe përgatit një supë për dishepujt e profetit".

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Broth;   Elisha;   Gilgal;   Minister, Christian;   Miracles;   Prophets;   School;   Teachers;   Women;   Scofield Reference Index - Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Abundance-Want;   Elisha;   Famine;   Gilgal;   Leaders;   Pottage;   Prophets;   Religious;   Schools of the Prophets;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Famine;   Judgments;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gilgal;   Prophets;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Education;   Elisha;   Gilgal;   Prophecy, prophet;   Samuel;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hospitality;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Dearth;   Food;   Gilgal;   Gourd;   Pottage;   Prophet;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bread;   Elisha;   Gourd;   Jehoram;   Music;   Pottage;   Prophet;   Scribes;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Elisha;   Famine and Drought;   Gilgal;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Pottage;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Sons of the Prophets;   Vessels and Utensils;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Elisha;   Gilgal;   House;   Marriage;   Meals;   Medicine;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gilgal;   Miracles;   Prophets, Sons of the;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Famine;   Gehazi;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ba'al,;   Eli'sha;   Gil'gal;   Prophet;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Prophets;   Writing;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Child;   Education;   Elisha;   Famine;   Gilgal;   Meals;   Pot;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cooking-Utensils;   Gilgal;  

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Elisha: 2 Kings 2:1, 1 Samuel 7:16, 1 Samuel 7:17, Acts 10:38, Acts 15:36

a dearth: 2 Kings 8:1, Leviticus 26:26, Deuteronomy 28:22-24, Deuteronomy 28:38-40, 2 Samuel 21:1, Jeremiah 14:1-6, Ezekiel 14:13, Luke 4:25

the sons: 2 Kings 2:3, 1 Samuel 19:20

were sitting: Proverbs 8:34, Luke 2:46, Luke 8:35, Luke 8:38, Luke 10:39, Acts 22:3

Set on the great pot: Mark 6:37, Mark 8:2-6, Luke 9:13, John 21:5, John 21:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 12:10 - was a 1 Samuel 10:5 - a company 1 Kings 20:35 - of the sons 2 Kings 4:1 - sons 2 Kings 4:42 - bread 2 Kings 6:1 - the place Job 30:4 - for their meat Amos 4:6 - and want Amos 7:14 - neither

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Elisha came again to Gilgal,.... Where he was with Elijah a little before his assumption to heaven, 2 Kings 2:1 and whither he went, there being a school of the prophets, as he did to all places where there were any, and where he had been before with Elijah; partly to instruct, encourage, and strengthen them, and partly to confirm his office as a prophet by miracles, which he did in several places he came to:

and there was a dearth in the land; a famine through drought:

and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: as disciples before their master, see Acts 22:3

and he said unto his servant; very probably Gehazi:

set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets; who seemed to have lived together in one house or college, and to be to the number of one hundred, see 2 Kings 4:43 and therefore required to have a large pot set on to boil pottage for them all.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There was a dearth in the land - Rather, “The famine was in the land.” The seven years’ dearth of which Elisha had prophesied (marginal reference) had begun.

The sons of the prophets - See 1 Kings 20:35 note. They were sitting before him as scholars before their master, hearing his instructions.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 38. Came again to Gilgal — He had been there before with his master, a short time prior to his translation.

Set on the great pot and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. — It was in a time of dearth, and all might now stand in need of refreshment; and it appears that the prophet was led to put forth the power he had from God to make a plentiful provision for those who were present. The father of the celebrated Dr. Young, author of the Night Thoughts, preaching a charity sermon for the benefit of the sons of the clergy, took the above words for his text; nor could they be said to be inappropriate.


 
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