2 Kings 4:41 BSB — MannaFest

2 Kings 4:41

Then Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Then bring meal - The natural properties of meal would but slightly diminish either the bitterness or the unwholesomeness of a drink containing colocynth. It is evident, therefore, that the conversion of the food from a pernicious and unsavory mess into palatable and wholesome nourishment was by miracle.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is probable that there was meal in it before, but that was put in by a common hand, only to thicken the pottage; this was the same thing, but cast in by Elisha's hand, and with intent to heal the pottage, by which it appears that the change was not owing to the meal (that was the sign only, not the means), but to the divine power.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
וּקְחוּ־	u.ke.chu-	and fetch	H3947 →
קֶ֔מַח	Ke.mach	flour	H7058 →
וַיַּשְׁלֵ֖ךְ	vai.yash.Lekh	and he threw [it]	H7993 →
אֶל־	'el-	into	H413 →
הַסִּ֑יר	ha.Sir	the pot	H5518 →
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
צַ֤ק	tzak	pour [it] out	H3332 →
לָעָם֙	la.'Am	for the people	H5971 →
וְיֹאכֵ֔לוּ	ve.yo.Khe.lu	so they may eat	H398 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
הָיָ֛ה	ha.Yah	it was	H1961 →
דָּבָ֥ר	da.Var	a thing	H1697 →
רָ֖ע	ra'	bad	H7451 →
בַּסִּֽיר׃ ס	ba.Sir	in the pot	H5518 →

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The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 28:5
But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
leads to
- Luke 10:19
  Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
- Mark 16:18
  they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”
Through
Exodus 15:25
And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 8:2
  Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your…
- Psalms 66:10
  For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
Through
1 Corinthians 1:25
For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
leads to
- Romans 11:33–36
  O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
Through
2 Kings 2:21
and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”
leads to
- Exodus 15:25–26
  And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and…
Through
John 9:6
When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
leads to
- Mark 7:33
  So Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, and put His fingers into the man’s ears. Then He spit and touched the man’s tongue.
- Mark 8:23
  So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He…