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2 Kings 4:38-41
New English Translation

Elisha Makes a Meal Edible

38 Now Elisha went back to Gilgal, while there was a famine in the land. Some of the prophets were visiting him[a] and he told his servant, “Put the big pot on the fire[b] and boil some stew for the prophets.”[c] 39 Someone went out to the field to gather some herbs and found a wild vine.[d] He picked some of its fruit,[e] enough to fill up the fold of his robe. He came back, cut it up, and threw the slices[f] into the stew pot, not knowing they were harmful.[g] 40 The stew was poured out[h] for the men to eat. When they ate some of the stew, they cried out, “Death is in the pot, O prophet!” They could not eat it. 41 He said, “Get some flour.” Then he threw it into the pot and said, “Now pour some out for the men so they may eat.”[i] There was no longer anything harmful in the pot.

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  1. 2 Kings 4:38 tn Heb “the sons of the prophets were sitting before him.”
  2. 2 Kings 4:38 tn The words “the fire” are added for clarification.
  3. 2 Kings 4:38 tn Heb “sons of the prophets.”
  4. 2 Kings 4:39 tn Heb “a vine of the field.”
  5. 2 Kings 4:39 tn Heb “[some] of the gourds of the field.”
  6. 2 Kings 4:39 tn Heb “he came and cut [them up].”
  7. 2 Kings 4:39 tc The Hebrew text reads, “for they did not know” (יָדָעוּ, yadaʿu) but some emend the final shureq (וּ, indicating a third plural subject) to holem vav (וֹ, a third masculine singular pronominal suffix on a third singular verb) and read “for he did not know it.” Perhaps it is best to omit the final vav as dittographic (note the vav at the beginning of the next verb form) and read simply, “for he did not know.” See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 59.
  8. 2 Kings 4:40 tn Heb “and they poured out [the stew].” The plural subject is probably indefinite.
  9. 2 Kings 4:41 tn Or “and let them eat.”
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2 Kings 4:38-41
Legacy Standard Bible

The Death in the Stew

38 Now Elisha returned to (A)Gilgal, and there was (B)a famine in the land. [a]As (C)the sons of the prophets (D)were sitting before him, he said to his young man, “(E)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. 40 So they poured it out for the men to eat. And it happened that as they were eating of the stew, they cried out and said, “O man of God, there is (F)death in the pot.” And they were unable to eat. 41 But he said, “Now bring flour.” (G)He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people that they may eat.” Then there was no harm in the pot.

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