列王纪下 4:38

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

以利沙以麵解毒以利沙又回到吉甲，那地正發生饑荒。先知的門徒坐在他面前。他對他的僕人說：“把大鍋放在火上，給先知的門徒們煮點東西吃。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
以 利 沙 又 来 到 吉 甲 ， 那 地 正 有 饥 荒 。 先 知 门 徒 坐 在 他 面 前 ， 他 吩 咐 仆 人 说 ： 你 将 大 锅 放 在 火 上 ， 给 先 知 门 徒 熬 汤 。

Contextual Overview

³⁸ When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a shortage of food in the land. While the groups of prophets were sitting in front of him, he said to his servant, "Put the large pot on the fire, and boil some stew for these men." ³⁹ One of them went out into the field to gather plants. Finding a wild vine, he picked fruit from the vine and filled his robe with it. Then he came and cut up the fruit into the pot. But they didn't know what kind of fruit it was. ⁴⁰ They poured out the stew for the others to eat. When they began to eat it, they shouted, "Man of God, there's death in the pot!" And they could not eat it. ⁴¹ Elisha told them to bring some flour. He threw it into the pot and said, "Pour it out for the people to eat." Then there was nothing harmful in the pot. ⁴² A man from Baal Shalishah came to Elisha, bringing him twenty loaves of barley bread from the first harvest. He also brought fresh grain in his sack. Elisha said, "Give it to the people to eat." ⁴³ Elisha's servant asked, "How can I feed a hundred people with so little?" "Give the bread to the people to eat," Elisha said. "This is what the Lord says: ‘They will eat and will have food left over.'" ⁴⁴ After he gave it to them, the people ate and had food left over, as the Lord had said.

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.